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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Dennis S. Tucker, John D. Fowler, Jr., Frank W. Clinard, Jr.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 3 | November 1985 | Pages 2696-2703
Technical Paper | Materials Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24690
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Several epoxy- and polyimide-based fiber-reinforced materials were irradiated to neutron fluences of 4.1 × 1021 n/m2, E > 0.1 MeVat 4.2 K. Postirradiation testing of mechanical and electrical properties was performed at 77 and 300 K. Mechanical strength was observed to decrease for the epoxy-based materials while the polyimide-based materials showed essentially no change in strength. Electrical properties revealed little or no pattern of degradation at all levels of radiation exposure.