Surface morphology and deuterium retention in tungsten and tungsten-rhenium alloy exposed to low-energy, high flux D plasma

V. Kh Alimov*, Y. Hatano, K. Sugiyama, M. Balden, M. Oyaidzu, S. Akamaru, K. Tada, H. Kurishita, T. Hayashi, M. Matsuyama

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Abstract

Surface topography and deuterium retention in polycrystalline hot-rolled W and W-5%Re have been examined after exposure to a low-energy (76 eV), high flux (around 1022 D/m2 s) deuterium plasma to an ion fluence of 1026 D/m2 at various temperatures. The methods used were confocal laser scanning microscopy and the D(3He, p)4He nuclear reaction at 3He energies varied from 0.69 to 4.0 MeV. During exposure to the D plasma at temperatures in the range from 348 to 673 K, small blisters of size in the range from about 1 to about 15 μm, depending on the exposure temperature, are formed on the W and W-5%Re surfaces. In the W-5%Re, the deuterium retention demonstrates its maximum at exposure temperature of 463 K, while in the W this maximum is shifted to 523 K. A difference in the temperature dependence of the D retention for the W and W-5%Re is explained, as a rough approximation, by temperature dependences of the ductility of these materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)136-141
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume454
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014/08/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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