Abstract
Tungsten (W) targets have been exposed to high density (ne⩽4×1019m−3), low temperature (Te⩽3eV) CH4-seeded deuterium (D) plasma in Pilot-PSI. The surface temperature of the target was ∼1220K at the center and decreased radially to ∼650K at the edges. Carbon film growth was found to only occur in regions where there was a clear CII emission line, corresponding to regions in the plasma with Te⩾2eV. The maximum film thickness was ∼2.1μm after a plasma exposure time of 120s. 3He nuclear reaction (NRA) analysis and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) determine that the presence of a thin carbon film dominates the hydrogenic retention properties of the W substrate. Thermal desorption spectroscopy analysis shows retention increasing roughly linearly with incident plasma fluence. NRA measures a C/D ratio of ∼0.002 in these films deposited at high surface temperatures.
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