Abstract
Titanium deuteride films are widely used as target materials for neutron generators. Intense pulsed ion beams irradiated titanium deuteride films, and their structure stabilities were investigated by combination with scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, grazing incidence angle X-ray diffraction, slow positron beam, scratch test and finite element analysis. The beam energy density was 0.3 J/cm2. Five different irradiation fluences of 3 × 1014, 1 × 1015, 3 × 1015, 1 × 1016, 3 × 1016 cm−2 were performed at room temperature. The adhesion strength between the film and Mo substrate decreased with increasing fluence. Moreover, surface melting and grain growth occurred after the beam irradiation with fluences over 3 × 1015 cm−2. The morphology of scratch tracks shows that the titanium deuteride film suffers a transition from ductile fracture to brittle fracture with increasing fluence. The reason for the decreasing adhesion strength was discussed via the introduction of thermal stress and lattice structure recovery. The research result is critical for evaluating the lifetime of titanium deuteride films based on failures in structures and a decrease in concentration of the inner deuterium.
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