Papers by Author: E.M. Hassen

Abstract: The Positron Annihilation Lifetime Technique (PALT) Is One of the Most Important Nuclear Non-Destructive Techniques. it Was Used to Study the Activation Enthalpy for Defect Formation in 5754 Alloy. Quenching Experiments Were Usually Performed on Thin Specimens to Ensure a Uniform Quenching Rate throughout the Specimen. from such Measurements, it Is Possible to Deduce the Vacancy Formation Enthalpy which, in Combination with the Results of Self-Diffusion Measurements, Gives a Value for the Migration Enthalpy of the Vacancy. these Are Very Important Quantities in the Study of the Annealing of Irradiation-Induced Defects. the Use of the Quenching Technique in the Positron Annihilation Study Has the Advantage that it Allows a Distinction to Be Made between Vacancies and Dislocations. Correlations between Nuclear, Electrical and Mechanical Methods Have Been Carried Out after Quenching.

Abstract: A description of positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) in solids is given in terms of a trapping model. Data are presented for a commercial AA1050 dilute alloy ingot, and fitted to a model allowing presentation in the form of Arrhenius plots. From whence the value of the activation enthalpy, , for thermal vacancies obtained by PAS for AlFeSi is found to be 0.860.18eV.