Irradiation growth of titanium alloy VT1-0 under proton irradiation

A specially developed procedure was used to study the irradiation growth of the rods of titanium alloy VT1-0 under proton irradiation. There was determined the relation between the dimensional changes induced by irradiation growth and the texture. The effect of various types of heat-treatment on the texture, structure and irradiation growth of the VT1-0 rods was studied. It is demonstrated that destruction of the initial texture of VT1-0 rods by the mechanical and microwave heat-treatment results in almost complete suppression of irradiation growth