Behavior of tungsten under irradiation and plasma interaction

M Rieth, R Doerner, A Hasegawa, Y Ueda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
In 1959 the Journal of Nuclear Materials (JNM) was founded and is now celebrating its
Diamond Anniversary year. The present paper is part of a series in which single JNM …

Research status and issues of tungsten plasma facing materials for ITER and beyond

Y Ueda, JW Coenen, G De Temmerman… - Fusion engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review summarizes surface morphology changes of tungsten caused by heat and
particle loadings from edge plasmas, and their effects on enhanced erosion and material …

Outstanding radiation resistance of tungsten-based high-entropy alloys

O El-Atwani, N Li, M Li, A Devaraj, JKS Baldwin… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
A body-centered cubic W-based refractory high entropy alloy with outstanding radiation
resistance has been developed. The alloy was grown as thin films showing a bimodal grain …

Tungsten as material for plasma-facing components in fusion devices

V Philipps - Journal of nuclear materials, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of tungsten (W) as material for plasma-facing components (PFM) in fusion devices
is reviewed with respect to its plasma and material compatibility under burning plasmas …

Formation process of tungsten nanostructure by the exposure to helium plasma under fusion relevant plasma conditions

S Kajita, W Sakaguchi, N Ohno, N Yoshida… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Helium irradiation on tungsten changes the surface morphology dramatically by forming a
nanometre-sized fibreform structure which could bring about serious problems for fusion …

The influence of plasma-surface interaction on the performance of tungsten at the ITER divertor vertical targets

G De Temmerman, T Hirai, RA Pitts - Plasma Physics and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The tungsten (W) material in the high heat flux regions of the ITER divertor will be exposed
to high fluxes of low-energy particles (eg H, D, T, He, Ne and/or N). Combined with long …

Physics of ultimate detachment of a tokamak divertor plasma

SI Krasheninnikov, AS Kukushkin - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The basic physics of the processes playing the most important role in divertor plasma
detachment is reviewed. The models used in the two-dimensional edge plasma transport …

Helium induced nanoscopic morphology on tungsten under fusion relevant plasma conditions

MJ Baldwin, RP Doerner - Nuclear Fusion, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Polished W discs exposed to pure He plasma in the PISCES-B linear-divertor-plasma
simulator at 1120 and 1320 K are found to develop deeply nanostructured surface layers …

Tungsten surface evolution by helium bubble nucleation, growth and rupture

F Sefta, KD Hammond, N Juslin, BD Wirth - Nuclear Fusion, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular dynamics simulations reveal sub-surface mechanisms likely involved in the initial
formation of nanometre-sized'fuzz'in tungsten exposed to low-energy helium plasmas …

Formation of helium induced nanostructure 'fuzz'on various tungsten grades

MJ Baldwin, RP Doerner - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2010 - Elsevier
The response of a variety of W material grades to nanostructure 'fuzz'formation is explored.
W targets are exposed to He or D2–0.2 He plasmas in PISCES-B at 900–1320K to below …