Hydrogen isotopic replacement and microstructure evolution in zirconium deuteride implanted by 150 keV protons

Zirconium tritiated(ZrTx)is an alternative target material for deuteron-triton(D-T)reaction neutron generator.The isotopic replacement and microstructure evolution induced by hydrogen isotope implantation could significantly affect the performance of the target film.In this work,the zirconium deuteride film deposited on Mo/Si substrate was implanted by 150 keV protons with fluence from 1×10^(16 ) to 1×10^(18 )protons/cm^(2).After implantation,the depth profiles of retained hydrogen(H)and deuterium(D)in these target films were analyzed by elastic recoil detection analysis(ERDA),and time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry(ToF-SIMS).Additionally,the microstructure evolution was also observed by x-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The D concentration in the ZrDx film decreased versus the proton implantation fluence.An analytical model was proposed to describe the hydrogen isotopic trapping and exchange as functions of incident protons fluence.Additionally,the XRD analysis revealed that no new phase was formed after proton implantation.Furthermore,circular flakings were observed on the ZrDx surface from SEM images at fluence up to 1×10^(18) protons/cm^(2),and this surface morphology was considered to associate with the hydrogen atoms congregation in Mo/Si boundary.

Thermodynamic Properties of Li-LiH (LiD, LiT) Systems. The Phase Diagram

The paper presents a comprehensive critical review and detailed analysis of the literature, published in the field of the phase diagram solution Li-LiH (LiD, LiT). Special attention is paid to the completeness of the source information on the paper’s topic resulting in an extended reference list. Particularly, paper reviews rarely used sources including little-known publications from research centers, proceedings of the international scientific meetings and dissertations. These publications were more thoroughly analyzed in order to make the information available to the scientific society.

Formation and Dissociation of Bamboo-like ErD_2/ErD_3 Grains

The formation and dissociation of Er deuteride grains were investigated by using scanning electron microscopy, in-situ X-ray diffraction and thermal desorption spectroscopy. Pure Er film shows classic columnar structure, while the Er deuteride film was observed as bamboo-like morphology. The in-situ X-ray diffraction results demonstrate that the diffraction peaks of 27.39°, 28.43°, 31.71°, and 39.95° are ascribed to the crystal planes of （002）, （110）, （111）, and （112） of ErD3 phase, respectively. It is also confirmed that by in-situ X-ray diffraction technique, ErD3 grains would be dissociated at temperature exceeding 400 ℃. This result is consistent with the conclusion obtained by thermal desorption spectroscopy.