Investigation of the interaction of deuterium with Sn73Li27 tin-lithium alloy

The SnLi alloy has good prospects to be used as a material of intra-chamber elements of fusion facilities, as it has a number of advantages over pure lithium. The results of a series of experiments on deuterium adsorption/desorption by a Sn73Li27 alloy sample are presented. To prepare an alloy sampl...

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Main Authors: T. Kulsartov, I. Kenzhina, Yu Ponkratov, Yu Gordienko, Zh Zaurbekova, K. Samarkhanov, S. Askerbekov, Ye A. Kenzhin, A.B. Yelishenkov
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Nuclear Materials and Energy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179124002485
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Summary:The SnLi alloy has good prospects to be used as a material of intra-chamber elements of fusion facilities, as it has a number of advantages over pure lithium. The results of a series of experiments on deuterium adsorption/desorption by a Sn73Li27 alloy sample are presented. To prepare an alloy sample with the required tin and lithium content, a technique was developed and a special experimental device was constructed. An ampoule device was manufactured to conduct a series of experiments to study sample saturation with deuterium and desorption of deuterium and deuterium-containing molecules from it. Saturation was carried out at alloy temperatures of 650, 600, 550, 500 and 450 °C. TDS experiments were carried out at 20 °C/min. The possible mechanism of deuterium dissolution and release from the tin-lithium alloy was considered and temperature dependences of the effective deuterium solubility constant KS in the tin-lithium alloy were calculated within the framework of the proposed mechanism. The temperature dependence of the Sieverts’ constant for the test sample in the temperature range of 500–650 °C was determined as KST=3.6·106∙exp-32400(J)RT∙Pa12.
ISSN:2352-1791