Irradiation effects defect characteristics

Various types of intermediate behaviour embodying features of more than one of these effects can be visualized. In addition to the considerations (i)—(iii) above, the interface may behave as a source or sink for the creation and/or annihilation of imperfections such as lattice defects and electrons, which can be important participants in the overall change (for clarity, such effects have not been included in Fig. 8). The decomposition characteristics of many solids are influenced by externally supplied energy such as irradiation, cold working, etc. 

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