Initial wall conditioning for the TMX-U fusion experiment

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.572150· OSTI ID:5768649

Allen, S L; Clower, C; Drake, R P; Hooper, Jr, E B; Hunt, A L; Munger, R; Bastasz, R J; Bauer, W; Hsu, W L

The introduction of impurities and hydrogen from the walls and liners of the TMX-U device can have a deleterious effect on the plasma. The area of these surfaces is large (approx.10/sup 7/ cm/sup 2/) and has a complicated shape, so cleaning is difficult. Techniques that have been used to condition these walls include (1) initial solvent cleaning; (2) baking; (3) glow discharge cleaning; (4) gettering; and (5) plasma clean up. Several diagnostic techniques, including UV and visible spectroscopy and residual gas analysis, have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of the conditioning procedures. A series of experiments was performed to optimize the glow discharge in the TMX-U geometry; during approximately 80 h of glow discharge cleaning, low-Z impurities were removed. Gettering along with pumping with liquid-nitrogen-cooled liners and cryopumps resulted in base pressures approx.10/sup -8/ Torr. This paper describes these procedures and their importance in the formation of initial plasmas in TMX-U.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550
• OSTI ID: 5768649
• Journal Information: J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States), Vol. 1:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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GAS ANALYSIS
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