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Abstract
To understand the deuterium (D) bulk retention behavior in plasma facing materials under reactor-relevant conditions, tungsten (W) foils were irradiated with 122MeV 20Ne ions and then exposed to D2 gas at 773K. A quasi-homogeneous distribution of atomic displacement damage to 0.3dpa within a depth of 50μm was produced in W using an energy degrader in the irradiation chamber. Results of positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy showed a long positron lifetime component of ∼400ps appeared after irradiation, indicating the formation of vacancy clusters with up to 12 vacancies in W. Thermal desorption spectra showed a broad D desorption temperature range (730–1173K) with a high release peak at ∼1010K for the irradiated W specimens. The amounts of D retained in the irradiated W were significantly larger than the annealed ones, which could be attributed to the trapping effects of the vacancy clusters formed by cascade collisions and the clustering of mono-vacancies.
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