Deep deuterium retention and Be/W mixing at tungsten coated surfaces in the JET divertor

• Surface samples from a full poloidal set of divertor tiles exposed in JET through operations 2010-2012 with ITER-like wall have been investigated using SEM, SIMS, ICP-AES analysis and micro beam nuclear reaction analysis (μ-NRA). Deposition of Be and retention of D is microscopically inhomogeneous. With careful overlaying of μ-NRA elemental maps with SEM images, it is possible to separate surface roughness effects from depth profiles at microscopically flat surface regions, without pits. With (3He, p) μ-NRA at 3-5 MeV beam energy the accessible depth for D analysis in W is about 9 μm, sufficient to access the W/Mo and Mo/W interfaces in the coatings and beyond, while for Be in W it is about 6 μm. In these conditions, at all plasma wetted surfaces, D was found throughout the whole accessible depth at concentrations in the range 0.2-0.7 at% in W. Deuterium was found to be preferentially trapped at the W/Mo and Mo/W interfaces. Comparison is made with SIMS profiling, which also shows significant D trapping at the W/Mo interface. Mixing of Be and W occurs mainly in deposited layers.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Bearbetnings-, yt- och fogningsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

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beryllium

deuterium

ion beam analysis

materials migration

Atomic emission spectroscopy

Ion beams

Mixing

Nuclear reactions

Surface roughness

Coated surface

Deposited layer

Deuterium retention

Nuclear reaction analysis

Surface roughness effects

Surface sample

Wetted surface

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