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Scanning electron microscopy analyses of an ITER plasma-facing unit mockup exposed to extreme ion fluences in Magnum-PSI
- Source :
- Physica Scripta, Physica Scripta, 95, 014026, Physica scripta T171, 014026-(2020). doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ab4479
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A small-scale tungsten monoblock mockup was exposed to continuous Magnum-PSI plasma beams under six different conditions, including pure hydrogen, deuterium and helium (He) plasmas as well as mixed D/He plasmas with low electron temperature (1.5–5 eV), with maximum surface temperatures up to 1600 °C, and with ion fluences up to 10 30 m−2. The recrystallization in the centre of the hottest exposure spots, the absence of cracking on all monoblocks, the formation of a nanostructured fuzz layer several microns thick by pure He exposure, and the presence of various impurities from the exposure in Magnum-PSI on the surface were observed and analysed with a dedicated scanning electron microscope able to handle the entire mockup without any prior cutting.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Hydrogen
Scanning electron microscope
Analytical chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
Plasma
Tungsten
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
010305 fluids & plasmas
Ion
chemistry
Mockup
0103 physical sciences
Electron temperature
ddc:530
010306 general physics
Mathematical Physics
Helium
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07413335 and 00295515
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physica Scripta, Physica Scripta, 95, 014026, Physica scripta T171, 014026-(2020). doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ab4479
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....96e13e3c9b83e79aba08baf601f78509