Abstract. At temperatures of about 0.3 Tm, the mobility of dislocations out of thermodynamical equilibrium is controlled by the agglomerates of defects reducing their mobility. Annealing at T > 973 K is needed for dissolving the agglomerates, allowing the dislocations start their movement. In this work we have related the results of mechanical spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, electrical resistivity, differential thermal analysis and small angle neutron scattering, as obtained in deformed and neutron irradiated Mo single crystals.
IntroductionNuclear materials are exposed to external stresses and at the same time to irradiation and temperature. Because of that, it is of great importance to understand the behaviour of the defects produced as a function of temperature, in order to predict the long time behaviour of these materials. In the present work the interaction processes between dislocations and point defects, from room temperature (RT) up to 30% of the melting temperature, i.e. 0.3 T m are studied. We have related the results of mechanical spectroscopy (MS, internal friction or damping measurements), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electrical resistivity (ER), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and small angle neutron scattering (SANS), as obtained in deformed and neutron irradiated molybdenum single crystals.