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Andrey Markin, Alexander Gorodetsky, Francesco Scaffidi-Argentina, Heinrich Werle, Chung H. Wu, Andrey Zakharov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 3 | November 2000 | Pages 363-368
Technical Paper | Special Issue on Beryllium Technology for Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36151
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Deuterium trapping in beryllium oxide films irradiated with 400 eV D ions has been studied by Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy (TDS). It has been found that for thermally grown BeO films implanted in the range 300–900 K the total deuterium retention doesn’t depend on irradiation temperature whereas TDS spectra are temperature dependent. For R.T. implantation the deuterium is released in a wide range from 500 to 1100 K. At implantation above 600 K the main portion of retained deuterium is released in a single peak centered at about 1000 K. The similar TDS peak is measured for D/BeO co-deposited layer. In addition we correlate our implantation data on BeO with the relevant data on beryllium metal and carbon. The interrelations between deuterium retention and microstructure are discussed.
