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Trapping of sub-eV hydrogen and deuterium atoms in carbon

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5784835

Experimental results are presented on the trapping of sub-eV hydrogen and deuterium atoms in pyrolytic graphite (irradiated in the c direction) and papyex. Measurements were made by thermal desorption spectrometry, with the D(/sup 3/He,p)/sup 4/He nuclear reaction analysis being used in some cases to check the validity of the thermal desorption results. Although some variation exists in the magnitude of trapped fluences for the different cases studied, the shapes of the trapped fluence vs. incident fluence curves are similar. The trapped fluences of sub eV D/sup 0/ are about an order of magnitude lower than those obtained for 50 eV D/sup +/ ions, with a trend to saturation for fluences > 2 x 10/sup 19//cm/sup 2/.

Research Organization:
Toronto Univ., Ontario (Canada). Inst. for Aerospace Studies; Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5784835
Report Number(s):
SAND-83-1028C; CONF-830942-11; ON: DE84000051
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English