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EXPERIMENTS in which the thermal recovery of neutron irradiated and plastically deformed molybdenum1–3 and tungsten1,4–6 has been followed by measuring changes in electrical resistivity have revealed that in both metals one species of point defect, probably the lattice vacancy, becomes mobile above room temperature. The purpose of this communication is to give a preliminary account of similar experiments on neutron-irradiated niobium and molybdenum and plastically deformed niobium and tantalum.
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PEACOCK, D., JOHNSON, A. Point Defects in Niobium, Molybdenum and Tantalum. Nature 195, 169 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195169a0
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