Abstract
Liquid metal divertors are discussed as a potential alternative to divertor components made entirely of solid materials such as tungsten. However, liquid metal interaction with H isotope plasmas poses entirely new challenges, including the stability of the liquid surface. In this article, the interaction of low-temperature D plasmas with both free liquid tin surfaces, and the liquid metal confined in a capillary porous system (CPS) is presented. Free surfaces showed intolerable instabilities due to formation of gas bubbles in the melt, as opposed to a strong stabilizing effect of the CPS. A tendency of liquid tin to well up and entirely cover the surface of the CPS may be beneficial in terms of quickly re-establishing a tin surface after depletion by transient overloading. On the other hand, this appears to counteract efforts to fully suppress superficial bubble formation and bursting, and the resulting ejection of tin droplets by designing a CPS with very small pores.
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