Melting and misalignment of solid crystalline krypton inclusions in aluminum
- 5 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (14) , 1589-1592
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.1589
Abstract
Ion-implantation–induced crystalline krypton inclusions in aluminum, epitaxially aligned with the matrix, have been investigated with x-ray diffraction and Rutherford-backscattering channeling analysis. The data show a dual size distribution of the krypton bubbles. In samples annealed up to 620 K and subsequently cooled, the larger bubbles melt in a pressure-broadened transition at 114–118 K. The smaller bubbles remain solid upon heating but, as a result of a roughening transition on the aluminum facets of the cavities, the Kr crystallites gradually lose their epitaxial alignment.Keywords
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