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Philosophical Magazine Volume 85, 2005 - Issue 4-7: Special Issue: Microstructural Processes in Irradiated Materials. Selected papers from the symposium held as part of the 2003 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2–6 March, 2003 Guest Editors: Charlotte S. Bequart, Robin E. Shäublin, Lance L. Snead and Brian D. Wirth
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Effect of proton and Ne irradiation on the microstructure of Zircaloy 4

X. T. Zu * Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA; Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610064, China
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K. Sun Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA
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M. Atzmon Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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L. M. Wang Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA
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L. P. You Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA
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F. R. Wan Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA
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J. T. Busby Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA
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G. S. Was Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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R. B. Adamson Zircology Plus, Box 2651, Fremont, CA 94536, USA
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Pages 649-659 | Published online: 08 Aug 2006

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