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Theoretical Model of Helium Bubble Growth and Density in Plasma-Facing Metals

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58581-8

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  1. U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, and Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research through the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) project on Plasma-Surface Interactions at Oak Ridge N
  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [4000135920, 4000159698]
  3. Office of Science of the U. S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
  4. DOE Office of Science User Facility [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  5. U. S. Department of Energy [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
  6. [DE-SC0008875]
  7. [DE-SC0018421]

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We present a theoretically-motivated model of helium bubble density as a function of volume for high-pressure helium bubbles in plasma-facing tungsten. The model is a good match to the empirical correlation we published previously [Hammond et al., Acta Mater. 144, 561-578 (2018)] for small bubbles, but the current model uses no adjustable parameters. The model is likely applicable to significantly larger bubbles than the ones examined here, and its assumptions can be extended trivially to other metals and gases. We expect the model to be broadly applicable and useful in coarse-grained models of gas transport in metals.

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