Effect of [gamma]-Radiation on the Crystal Structure of Cubic Titanium Carbohydride TiC^sub x^H^sub y^

Abstract

The study of radiation-stimulated structural changes or phase transformations in inorganic compounds is of fundamental theoretical importance and has great practical value. Even at low temperatures irradiation disrupts the thermodynamic equilibrium of crystals [14]. The aim of the present work is to study the effect of -radiation on the crystal structure of disordered and ordered nonstoichiometric cubic titanium carbohydrides TiC0.47H0.21 and TiC0.50H0.21 by means of powder neutron diffraction analysis.