PERFORMANCE OF SOLID STATE MATERIALS AND DEVICES SUBJECT TO A NUCLEAR RADIATION FLUX

摘要

The effects of nuclear radiation are strongest when the physical properties of the solid depend upon strongest when the physical properties of the solid depend upon large scale order in the crystalline lattice or when the type, quantity, and arrangement of impurities within the solid are of prime importance.nIn general, metals, dielectrics, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics show only small radiation damage for dosages below 1015 neutrons/cm2.