Deuterium and helium retention in W and W-Ta coatings irradiated with energetic ion beams

R. Mateus (Corresponding Author), N. Catarino, M. Dias, L. C. Alves, O. Romanenko, Z. Siketić, I. Bogdanović Radović, A. Hakola, E. Grigore, E. Alves,

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Abstract

Different studies reveal the behaviour of Ta alloying to decrease deuterium retention in tungsten bulk materials aiming to be used for nuclear fusion applications. In this work, W and W-5 %Ta coatings were produced via magnetron sputtering techniques. The elemental composition of the samples and the spread of Ta in the W lattice was confirmed by GDOES, PIXE and by μ-PIXE, respectively. Sets of W and W-Ta coatings were simultaneously irradiated with a single 2H2+ or with sequential 4He+/2H2+ ion beam implantations using incident energies of 30 keV and ion fluences of 5 × 1017 ion/cm2. The irradiated samples were analysed by NRA/RBS and by ToF-ERDA to quantify the retained deuterium and helium amounts. The results reveal significantly lower contents of both isotopes in W-Ta.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-46
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume538
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Deuterium
  • Helium
  • Retention
  • W-Ta coatings

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