Method and means of reducing erosion of components of plasma devices exposed to helium and hydrogen isotope radiation

Patent · Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7099991

Kaminsky, M S; Das, S K; Rossing, T D

Surfaces of components of plasma devices exposed to radiation by atoms or ions of helium or isotopes of hydrogen can be protected from damage due to blistering by shielding the surfaces with a structure formed by sintering a powder of aluminum or beryllium and its oxide or by coating the surfaces with such a sintered metal powder. 7 claims.

• Assignee: Energy Research and Development Administration
• Patent Number(s): US 4004890
• Application Number: TRN: 77-015548
• OSTI ID: 7099991
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 9 Feb 1976; Other Information: PAT-APPL-656,214
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
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DEUTERIUM
EROSION
FIRST WALL
HELIUM
POWDERS
SPUTTERING
TRITIUM
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
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BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE GASES
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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