Helium, hydrogen, and fuzz in plasma-facing materials

KD Hammond - Materials Research Express, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the primary material under consideration as the divertor material in magnetic-
confinement nuclear fusion reactors, has been known for the last decade to form'fuzz'—a …

In-situ TEM investigation of 30 keV he+ irradiated tungsten: Effects of temperature, fluence, and sample thickness on dislocation loop evolution

Y Li, L Wang, G Ran, Y Yuan, L Wu, X Liu, X Qiu, Z Sun… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
In-situ irradiations with 30 keV He+ were performed on tungsten in an investigation of the
influences of irradiation temperature and fluence, pre-existing dislocation and sample …

Comparative study of radiation defects in ion irradiated bulk and thin-foil tungsten

RY Zheng, WZ Han - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we employ transmission electron microscope (TEM) to analyze radiation
defects in helium (He) and krypton (Kr) ions implanted bulk and thin-foil tungsten. For bulk …

Bulk nanocrystalline W-Ti alloys with exceptional mechanical properties and thermal stability

HX Xue, XC Cai, BR Sun, X Shen, CC Du… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline (NC) W metals and alloys often exhibit higher radiation tolerance and
strength than their coarse-grained counterparts. However, their thermal stability is low …

Study on the microstructural evolution in NbMoTaW series refractory multi-principal element alloy films by low-energy and high-flux He ions irradiation

Y Guo, P Zhang, X Zhang, Y Cui, X Mei, X Li… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the nanocrystalline NbMoTaW and NbMoTaWV refractory multi-principal
element alloy (RMPEA) films were selected for the research of low-energy (50 eV), high-flux …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of hydrogen bubbles during ion irradiation and annealing in molybdenum for neutral beam injection inductively coupled plasma source

Y Cui, N Lu, C Niu, J Lv, W Liu, C Chen, W Ni… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Molybdenum (Mo) is considered as a promising plasma-facing material, which is expected
to be used in the manufacture of critical components for the neutral beam injection (NBI) …

Composite effect of helium ion irradiation and transient thermal shock on recrystallized pure W and W-Y2O3 alloys

T Yang, J Wang, F Feng, X Liu, L Youyun… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tungsten (W) is the material of choice for the thermal nuclear fusion reactors of the future. In
this research, pure W (PW) and WY 2 O 3 alloys made by the SWIP (Southwestern Institute …

Evolution of irradiation damage in tungsten matrix and Y2O3 phase after low energy helium plasma exposure

J Huang, T Zuo, Y Wu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Tungsten is the preferred material for the first wall. In this paper, W-0.5% wt Y 2 O 3 was
selected for the exposure test of helium plasma, so that fuzz tendrils of considerable …

Microstructure and properties of TiN-reinforced W–Ti alloys prepared by spark plasma sintering

S Wang, LM Luo, ML Zhao, X Zan, XY Zhu, GN Luo… - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this investigation, TiN-reinforced W–Ti alloys were fabricated through spark plasma
sintering of milled TiH 2 powders and micro-sized W powders. TiH 2 powder was used to …

Defects introduced by helium irradiation at different temperatures in W and W-5wt% Re alloy

Z Wang, H Wu, T Zhu, Y Song, P Zhang, B Wang… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
W and W-5wt% Re alloy were irradiated by 50 keV helium ions at RT, 200° C, 350° C and
500° C to investigate the influence of temperature on the microdefects and surface …