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NUCLEAR FUSION
卷 61, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/abe7bd
关键词
tungsten; diverter; beryllium; intermetallics; molecular dynamics
资金
- plasma surface interaction project of the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program - Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program within the US Department of Energy Office of Science
- plasma surface interaction project of the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program - Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program within the US Department of Energy Office of Science
- DOE Office of Science User Facility [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
- US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-NA0003525]
- Exascale Computing Project [17-SC-20-SC]
The erosion of beryllium in tokamak reactors leads to transport and deposition on the tungsten divertor. Experimental and simulation studies show that beryllium deposition can influence plasma-surface interactions and alter tungsten material properties. Despite some ordering of material into intermetallics, fully structured intermetallic layers cannot form within accessible timescales.
Erosion of the beryllium first wall material in tokamak reactors has been shown to result in transport and deposition on the tungsten divertor. Experimental studies of beryllium implantation in tungsten indicate that mixed W-Be intermetallic deposits can form, which have lower melting temperatures than tungsten and can trap tritium at higher rates. To better understand the formation and growth rate of these intermetallics, cumulative molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of both high and low energy beryllium deposition in tungsten were performed. In both cases, a W-Be mixed material layer (MML) emerged at the surface within several nanoseconds, either through energetic implantation or a thermally-activated exchange mechanism, respectively. While some ordering of the material into intermetallics occurred, fully ordered structures did not emerge from the deposition simulations. Targeted MD simulations of the MML to further study the rate of Be diffusion and intermetallic growth rates indicate that for both cases, the gradual re-structuring of the material into an ordered intermetallic layer is beyond accessible MD time scales(<= 1 mu s). However, the rapid formation of the MML within nanoseconds indicates that beryllium deposition can influence other plasma species interactions at the surface and begin to alter the tungsten material properties. Therefore, beryllium deposition on the divertor surface, even in small amounts, is likely to cause significant changes in plasma-surface interactions and will need to be considered in future studies.
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