Daniel R. Mason Abdallah Reza Fredric Granberg Felix Hofmann
The changing thermal conductivity of an irradiated material is among the principal design considerations for any nuclear reactor, but at present few models are capable of predicting these changes starting from an arbitrary atomistic model. Here we present a simple model for computing the thermal diffusivity of tungsten, based on the conductivity…
Preprint PurchaseSuchandrima Das Daniel R. Mason Peter M. Derlet Sergei L. Dudarev Andrew London Hongbing Yu Nicholas Phillips David Yang Kenichiro Mizohata Ruqing Xu Felix Hofmann
Combining spatially resolved X-ray Laue diffraction with atomic-scale simulations, we observe how ion-irradiated tungsten undergoes a series of non-linear structural transformations with increasing irradiation exposure. Nanoscale defect-induced deformations accumulating above 0.02 displacements per atom (dpa) lead to highly fluctuating strains at ~…
Preprint PublishedLuc Andre Kathrin Abraham Axel Hofmann Laurence Monin Ilka C. Kleinhanns Stephen Foley
How the Archean felsic crust grew from its mafic precursors between 3.8 and 2.5 billion years ago remains elusive and the subject of great debate. Here, we present silicon isotopic constraints on Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite (TTG) and Granite-Monzonite-Syenite (GMS) plutons from the Kaapvaal craton, which range in age from 3.55 to 2.69 Ga.…
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