期刊
MATERIALS
卷 14, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14081873
关键词
CANS; lithium target; lithium anticorrosion; titanium coating
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资金
- key project of Intergovernmental International Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation in China [2016YFE0128900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11775166]
It has been found that depositing a thin titanium coating on lithium target can effectively isolate lithium from air and stabilize its chemical state, with negligible effects on neutron yield.
Lithium (Li) is one of the commonly used target materials for compact accelerator-based neutron source (CANS) to generate neutrons by Li-7(p, n)7 Be reaction. To avoid neutron yield decline caused by lithium target reacting with the air, a titanium (Ti) coating was deposited on the lithium target by magnetron sputtering technology. The color change processes of coated and bare lithium samples in the air were observed and compared to infer the chemical state of lithium qualitatively. The surface topography, thickness, and element distribution of the coating were characterized by SEM, EDS and XPS. The compositions of samples were inferred by their XRD patterns. It was found that a Ti coating with a thickness of about 200 nanometers could effectively isolate lithium from air and stabilize its chemical state in the atmosphere for at least nine hours. The Monte Carlo simulations were performed to estimate the effects of the Ti coating on the incident protons and the neutron yield. It turned out that these effects could be ignored. This research indicates that depositing a thin, titanium coating on the lithium target is feasible and effective to keep it from compounds' formation when it is exposed to the air in a short period. Such a target can be installed and replaced on an accelerator beam line in the air directly.
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