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Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Mining & Mineral Processing","Material Science
A non-contact, non-destructive method is used to determine viscoelasti
c and thermal transport properties of a DuPont Kapton film before and
after neutron irradiation to determine the changes that would be expec
ted to occur in a nuclear reactor environment. The results demonstrate
general capabilities for in situ, non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of
radiation-induced material degradation, The specific application demo
nstrated is evaluation of insulation materials to be used in a superco
nducting magnet design in the International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor (ITER). (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.