Abstract
In this study the fuel retention and erosion of different reduced-activation ferritic martensitic (RAFM) steels exposed to deuterium (D) plasma were investigated. D plasma exposure was performed in a linear experimental plasma system (LEPS) with the incident ion energy between 30 and 180 eV per D, fluence from 1023 to 1025 D/m2 and sample temperature between 300 and 500 K. After D plasma exposure, erosion structure development of surface topography was observed, but no significant difference was seen among various RAFM steels within the examined conditions. W-enriched surface is formed for all investigated RAFM steels with little difference. RAFM steels exhibited similarities in D erosion and dependence on D plasma energy or fluence. Thermal desorption spectroscopy reveals in all steel samples only one broaden releasing peak from 450 to 800 K and total D inventory of 1018–1020 D/m2. Similar D retention behavior of five RAFM steels was found that it decreases with increasing incident fluence or ion energy. Moreover, different cutting treatment along rolling direction leads to different erosion structure and D releasing behaviors.
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