High energy radiation tolerance of iron phosphate glasses: Molecular dynamics study

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  • Cillian Cockrell
    Imperial College London
  • Kostya Trachenko
    Queen Mary University of London
  • Robin W. Grimes
    Imperial College London
  • Maulik Patel
    University of Liverpool
  • Kitheri Joseph
    Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
We report the results of massive parallel molecular dynamics simulations of high-energy radiation damage in phosphate glasses. This damage is created by overlapping multiple 70 keV collision cascades. We quantify different aspects of radiation-induced structural changes including at different stages of damage development, including coordination numbers, cluster sizes and density. The overall trend is that radiation damage causes polymerisation of the glass network and the loss of small and isolated clusters, however the details of this response vary with different glass compositions.
Original languageEnglish
Article number155057
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume596
Early online date5 Apr 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2024
Externally publishedYes
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