Mixed-material layer formation on graphite exposed to deuterium plasmas containing beryllium

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Baldwin, M. J. [1 ]
Doerner, R. P.
Nishijima, D.
Schmid, K.
Whyte, D. G.
Kulpin, J. G.
Wright, G.
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Energy Res Ctr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Max Planck Inst Plasma Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[3] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Engn Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.06.014
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Mixed-materials formation and properties are examined for graphite-target surfaces exposed to deuterium plasma containing small amounts of ionized beryllium. Targets are exposed to plasma in the PISCES-B divertor plasma simulator under conditions relevant to the operation of the graphite-strike plates in ITER. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to analyze targets following exposure and reveals chemical reaction of the surface graphite with the incident-plasma beryllium flux. Partial surface carbidization is observed for a target exposure temperature of 450 K and full surface carbidization with Be,C at temperatures higher than this up to 1000 K. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) data reveal a mixed-material layer of Be/C of varying-elemental concentration up to similar to 1 mu m thick. Hydrogen-isotope retention in targets is measured using thermal-desorption spectrometry (TDS) and D-He-3 nuclear-reaction analysis (NRA). Targets exposed to deuterium plasma exhibit retention consistent with values in the literature but extrapolated to the higher ion fluences possible in PISCES simulators. In contrast, targets with a mixed-material Be/C layer are found to have increased retention by a factor of similar to 4 at low temperature similar to 300 K and similar to 2 at higher temperature similar to 1000 K. Simulation of NRA spectra reveals that most of the increased inventory is accumulated in the mixed layer. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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