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Diffusion of helium gas bubbles in gold and copper foils

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Helium bubbles were induced in gold and copper foils by ion bombardment and their diffusion studied by observing the rate at which the bubbles diffuse out of the foil and also by measuring the distance they move in a given annealing time. This is the first time such quantitative comparisons have been made. It was discovered that helium bubbles in gold diffuse at a rate 10-4 to 10-5 times that predicted by surface diffusion and that helium bubbles in copper diffuse at 10-5 to 10–2 the predicted rate. It is shown that the nucleation of steps on the faceted surface of the bubbles could satisfactorily account for the abnormally slow bubble diffusion rate. Such a process would inhibit the motion of bubbles in more anisotropic solids like oxides even more.

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  1. Westinghouse Electric Corp. Research and Development Center, Pittsburgh, Pa

    L. E. Willertz (Research Metallurgist)

  2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill

    P. G. Shewmon (Director of Materials Sciences Division)

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This work is based on a thesis submitted by L. E. WILLERTZ to Carnegie-Mellon University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. in Metallurgy, 1968.

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Willertz, L.E., Shewmon, P.G. Diffusion of helium gas bubbles in gold and copper foils. Metall Trans 1, 2217–2223 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643438

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