Recovery of Cu, Ag, and Ni dilute alloys after low temperature irradiation

Effect of solute atoms on the recovery of Cu, Ag and Ni after fast neutron irradiation at low temperature has been studied using electrical resistivity measurements. By doping with solute atoms, recovery stage I is suppressed and the substages are observed during stage II which is due to release of interstitial from trapping solute atom. The binding energies between solute atom and interstitial are estimated from the temperature of substage in recovery curves. The relation between the binding energies and the size effect is discussed. (author)