Deuterium analysis in zircaloy using ps laser-induced low pressure plasma

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631776· OSTI ID:22036723

Marpaung, Alion Mangasi ^[1]; Lie, Zener Sukra; Niki, Hideaki ^[2]; Kagawa, Kiichiro; Fukumoto, Ken-ichi ^[3]; Ramli, Muliadi ^[4]; Abdulmadjid, Syahrun Nur; Idris, Nasrullah ^[5]; Hedwig, Rinda ^[6]; Tjia, May On ^[7]; Pardede, Marincan ^[8]; Suliyanti, Maria Margaretha ^[9]; Jobiliong, Eric ^[10]; Kurniawan, Koo Hendrik ^[11]

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1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Jakarta State University, 10 Rawamangun, Jakarta (Indonesia)
2. Department of Nuclear Power and Energy Safety Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-8507 (Japan)
3. Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-8507 (Japan)
4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh 23111, NAD (Indonesia)
5. Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh 23111, NAD (Indonesia)
6. Department of Computer Engineering, Bina Nusantara University, 9 K. H. Syahdan, Jakarta 14810 (Indonesia)
7. Physics of Magnetism and Photonics Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, 10 Ganesha, Bandung 40132 (Indonesia)
8. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pelita Harapan, 1100 M. H. Thamrin Boulevard, Lippo Vilage, Tangerang, 15811 (Indonesia)
9. Research Center for Physics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Kawasan PUSPIPTEK, Serpong Tangerang Selatan 15314, Banten (Indonesia)
10. Industrial Engineering Department, University of Pelita Harapan, 1100 M. H. Thamrin Boulevard, Lippo Vilage, Tangerang, 15811 (Indonesia)
11. Research Center of Maju Makmur Mandiri Foundation, 40 Srengseng Raya, Kembangan, Jakarta Barat 11630 (Indonesia)

An experimental study on picosecond laser induced plasma spectroscopy of a zircaloy sample with low-pressure surrounding helium gas has been carried out to demonstrate its potential applicability to three-dimensional quantitative micro-analysis of deuterium impurities in zircaloy. This was achieved by adopting the optimal experimental condition ascertained in this study, which is specified as 7 mJ laser energy, 1.3 kPa helium pressure, and 50 {mu}s measurement window, and which was found to result in consistent D emission enhancement. Employing these operational parameters, a linear calibration line exhibiting a zero intercept was obtained from zircaloy-4 samples doped with various concentrations of D impurity, regarded as surrogates for H impurity. An additional measurement also yielded a detection limit of about 10 {mu}g/g for D impurity, well below the acceptable threshold of damaging H concentration in zircaloy. Each of these measurements was found to produce a crater size of only 25 {mu}m in diameter, promising its application for performing less-destructive measurements. The result of this study has thus paved the way for conducting a further experiment with hydrogen-doped zircaloy samples and the further technical development of a three-dimensional quantitative micro-analysis of detrimental hydrogen impurity in zircaloy vessels used in nuclear power plants.

• OSTI ID: 22036723
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 110; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CALIBRATION
CRATERS
DEUTERIUM
DOPED MATERIALS
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
HELIUM
HYDROGEN
IMPURITIES
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
MICROANALYSIS
PLASMA PRESSURE
REACTOR MATERIALS
SENSITIVITY
ZIRCALOY 4