Comments on ‘On the onset of void ordering in metals under neutron or heavy-ion irradiation’

Abstract

In their recent paper on void ordering, Barashev and Golubov 1 describe cavity lattice formation in austenitic steel under electron irradiation as a bubble lattice rather than a void lattice. While this is convenient for the model they propose, this comment gives several reasons why the bubble lattice assignation cannot be justified. In addition, some remarks made by Barashev and Golubov on the results of one-dimensional (1D) Monte Carlo simulations 2, and the role of 1D self-interstitial atom clusters in creating the planar ordering found in experimental void lattice formation results 3, are critically discussed.

Keywords:

• void lattice
• lattice defect
• irradiation effect