Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science: Metals and Alloys - Hardcover

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Professor Gary Was is the Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems Engineering and holds appointments in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan.  He has held positions as Director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Chair of the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department.  Professor Was’ research is focused on materials for advanced nuclear energy systems and radiation materials science, including environmental effects on materials, radiation effects, ion beam surface modification of materials and nuclear fuels. His current research includes development of structural materials for the SFR, behavior of fuel in the VHTR, fuel behavior modeling in LWRs, irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking and irradiation-accelerated corrosion in water reactor environments.  He is a Fellowof the Materials Research Society, ASM International, NACE International and the American Nuclear Society.   Professor Was has published over 200 technical articles in referred, archival journals, presented over 300 conference papers, delivered 180 invited talks and seminars, and has published a graduate level textbook on Radiation Materials Science. Professor Was received the Presidential Young Investigator award from NSF,

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The revised second edition ofthis established text offers readers a significantly expanded introduction tothe effects of radiation on metals and alloys. It describes the variousprocesses that occur when energetic particles strike a solid, inducing changesto the physical and mechanical properties of the material. Specifically itcovers particle interaction with the metals and alloys used in nuclear reactorcores and hence subject to intense radiation fields. It describes the basics ofparticle-atom interaction for a range of particle types, the amount and spatialextent of the resulting radiation damage, the physical effects of irradiationand the changes in mechanical behavior of irradiated metals and alloys.

Updated throughout, some majorenhancements for the new edition include improved treatment of low- andintermediate-energy elastic collisions and stopping power, expanded sections onmolecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo methodologies describing collisioncascade evolution, new treatment of the multi-frequency model of diffusion,numerous examples of RIS in austenitic and ferritic-martensitic alloys,expanded treatment of in-cascade defect clustering, cluster evolution, andcluster mobility, new discussion of void behavior near grain boundaries, a newsection on ion beam assisted deposition, and reorganization of hardening, creepand fracture of irradiated materials (Chaps 12-14) to provide a smoother andmore integrated transition between the topics. The book also contains two newchapters. Chapter 15 focuses on the fundamentals of corrosion and stresscorrosion cracking, covering forms of corrosion, corrosion thermodynamics,corrosion kinetics, polarization theory, passivity, crevice corrosion, andstress corrosion cracking. Chapter 16 extends this treatment and considers theeffects of irradiation on corrosion and environmentally assisted corrosion,including the effects of irradiation on water chemistry and the mechanisms ofirradiation-induced stress corrosion cracking.

The book maintains the previousstyle, concepts are developed systematically and quantitatively, supported byworked examples, references for further reading, end-of-chapter problem setsand an online solutions manual. Aimed primarily and students of materialssciences and nuclear engineering, the book will also provide a valuableresource for academic and industrial research professionals.