Comparison of preparation techniques for nuclear materials for transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Preparation of highly radioactive and irradiated nuclear fuels and materials for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is accompanied with a set of unique challenges. The paper evaluates three specimen preparation techniques for preparation of irradiated materials and determines which technique yie...

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Published inJournal of nuclear materials Vol. 459; pp. 241 - 246
Main Authors Aitkaliyeva, Assel, Madden, James W., Miller, Brandon D., Cole, James I., Gan, Jian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier B.V 01.04.2015
Elsevier
Subjects
CONTAMINATION
ELECTRO-POLISHING
Electron microscopy
FIB
Irradiation
Materials Characterization
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MICROSTRUCTURE
Minimization
Nuclear engineering
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Occupational Exposure
Physical RADIATION EFFECTS
PIPS-2
Radioactive Materials
Sample Preparation
Specimen preparation
TEM
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
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Summary:Preparation of highly radioactive and irradiated nuclear fuels and materials for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is accompanied with a set of unique challenges. The paper evaluates three specimen preparation techniques for preparation of irradiated materials and determines which technique yields to the most reliable characterization of radiation damage microstructure. Various specimen preparation artifacts associated with each technique are considered and ways of minimizing these artifacts are addressed.
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INL/JOU-14-33278
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
AC07-05ID14517
ISSN:0022-3115
1873-4820
DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.01.042