Abstract
Abstract
Liquid tin samples at a temperature of 250 °C were exposed to neutral deuterium atoms at a flux of about 1024 m−2 s−1. The source of deuterium (D) atoms was the flowing afterglow of a low-pressure deuterium plasma sustained with a microwave discharge in the surfatron mode. The samples were analyzed by thermal desorption spectroscopy and time of flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry. An immeasurably low concentration of deuterium was detected in the pure tin. However, within the native layer of tin oxide, up to 165 ppm D/Sn was absorbed while the sample was exposed to D atoms. The deuterium concentration in the solid samples peaked at the D fluence of about 5 × 1025 m−2. At the fluence of several 1026 m−2 the concentration dropped below the detection limit, which was about 50 ppb D/Sn. The results were explained by the reduction of the oxide film under exposure to D atoms at large fluences. Thus, the retention of hydrogen isotopes in the liquid tin divertor of a fusion reactor is unlikely since the effect of the plasma makes it possible to reduce the tin oxide layer.
Funder
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
FP7 Fusion Energy Research
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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