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Title: Interaction of graphite with a hot, dense deuterium plasma

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6613869· OSTI ID:6613869

The erosion of ATJ-S graphite caused by a hot, dense deuterium plasma has been investigated experimentally. The plasma was produced in an electromagnetic shock tube. Plasma characteristics were typically: ion temperature approx. = 800 eV (approx. 1 x 10/sup 7/ /sup 0/K), number density approx. = 10/sup 16//cm/sup 3/, and transverse magnetic field approx. = 1 tesla. The energetic ion flux, phi, to the sample surfaces was approx. 10/sup 23/ ions/cm/sup 2/-sec for a single pulse duration of approx. 0.1 usec. Sample surfaces were metallographically prepared and examined with a scanning electron microscope before and after exposure.

Research Organization:
Columbia Univ., New York (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
DOE Contract Number:
AS02-77ET52008
OSTI ID:
6613869
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/52008-1; TRN: 81-003899
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English