Investigations on the structural disordering of neutron-irradiated highly oriented pyrolytic graphite by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy

Author:

Asthana Anjana,Matsui Yoshio,Yasuda Makoto,Kimoto Koji,Iwata Tadao,Ohshima Ken-ichi

Abstract

Light and heavy neutron-irradiation damage of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) crystals was examined by means of X-ray diffraction and high-resolution high-voltage transmission electron microscopy (TEM). From the X-ray data analysis, it was found that there is an average increase of about 3% in thec-axis lattice parameter of the unit cell of graphite for lightly neutron-irradiated HOPG. However, thec-axis lattice parameter could not be estimated from the HOPG sample having the highest dose of neutron irradiation under the present investigation, because the X-ray profile was highly asymmetrical. This increase in thec-axis lattice parameter is attributed to lattice expansion due to the static displacement of atoms after neutron irradiation. Local structure analysis by TEM shows that the 0002 lattice spacing for the above-mentioned HOPG samples has been increased by up to 10% as a result of the neutron irradiation. This increase inc-axis lattice spacing can be ascribed to the fragmentation of the crystal lattice into nanocrystallites, breaking and bending of the 0002 straight lattice fringes, appearance of dislocation loops, and extra interstitial planes within the fragmented nanocrystallites. All these changes are a result of the static displacement of atoms after neutron irradiation.

Publisher

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)

Subject

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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