Erosion and deposition of metals and carbon in the DIII-D divertor
- and others
Net erosion rates at the outer strike point of the DIII-D divertor plasma were measured for several materials during quiescent H-mode operation with deuterium plasmas. Materials examined include graphite, beryllium, tungsten, vanadium and molybdenum. For graphite, net erosion rates up to 4 nm/sec were found. Erosion rates for the metals were much smaller than for carbon. Ion fluxes from Langmuir probe measurements were used to predict gross erosion by sputtering. Measured net erosion was much smaller than predicted gross erosion. Transport of metal atoms by the plasma across the divertor surface was also examined. Light atoms were transported farther than heavy atoms as predicted by impurity transport models.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia Labs., Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; AC03-89ER51114
- OSTI ID:
- 110719
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-95-0804C; CONF-950961-1; ON: DE96000776; TRN: 95:023205
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICFRM-7: international conference on fusion reactor materials, Obninsk (Russian Federation), 25-29 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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