Understanding H isotope adsorption and absorption of Al-alloys using modeling and experiments (LDRD: #165724)

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1222665· OSTI ID:1222665

Ward, Donald K. ^[1]; Zhou, Xiaowang ^[1]; Karnesky, Richard A. ^[1]; Kolasinski, Robert ^[1]; Foster, Michael E. ^[1]; Thurmer, Konrad ^[1]; Chao, Paul ^[2]; Epperly, Ethan Nicholas ^[3]; Zimmerman, Jonathan A. ^[1]; Wong, Bryan M. ^[4]; Sills, Ryan B. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
3. Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory High School, Livermore, CA (United States)
4. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)

Current austenitic stainless steel storage reservoirs for hydrogen isotopes (e.g. deuterium and tritium) have performance and operational life-limiting interactions (e.g. embrittlement) with H-isotopes. Aluminum alloys (e.g.AA2219), alternatively, have very low H-isotope solubilities, suggesting high resistance towards aging vulnerabilities. This report summarizes the work performed during the life of the Lab Directed Research and Development in the Nuclear Weapons investment area (165724), and provides invaluable modeling and experimental insights into the interactions of H isotopes with surfaces and bulk AlCu-alloys. The modeling work establishes and builds a multi-scale framework which includes: a density functional theory informed bond-order potential for classical molecular dynamics (MD), and subsequent use of MD simulations to inform defect level dislocation dynamics models. Furthermore, low energy ion scattering and thermal desorption spectroscopy experiments are performed to validate these models and add greater physical understanding to them.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1222665
• Report Number(s): SAND--2015-8388; 607111
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English