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Radiation effects in magnetic and superconducting materials

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Many of the newly developed materials, such as rare-earth permanent magnets, amorphous alloys and oxide superconductors, have important applications in radiation environments. These environments can have various negative or beneficial effects on the properties, depending on the amount of radiation and the nature of material. Properties such as the critical current in superconductors can actually be increased by radiation, while critical temperature is decreased. More detailed study of the mechanisms responsible for such radiation-induced changes may lead to materials with greater stability in these challenging environments.

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  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

    Robert D. Brown Ph.D. (staff member, member of TMS) & James R. Cost Ph.D. (staff member, member of TMS)

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Brown, R.D., Cost, J.R. Radiation effects in magnetic and superconducting materials. JOM 42, 39–43 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03220872

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