Published August 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Elastic–plastic adhesive impacts of tungsten dust with metal surfaces in plasma environments

  • 1. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Association EUROfusion-VR, Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 2. Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (France)
  • 3. Istituto di Fisica del Plasma – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan (Italy)
  • 4. FOM Institute DIFFER, Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, Edisonbaan 14, 3439MN Nieuwegein (Netherlands)
  • 5. Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan (Italy)

Description

Dust-surface collisions impose size selectivity on the ability of dust grains to migrate in scrape-off layer and divertor plasmas and to adhere to plasma-facing components. Here, we report first experimental evidence of dust impact phenomena in plasma environments concerning low-speed collisions of tungsten dust with tungsten surfaces: re-bouncing, adhesion, sliding and rolling. The results comply with the predictions of the model of elastic-perfectly plastic adhesive spheres employed in the dust dynamics code MIGRAINe for sub- to several meters per second impacts of micrometer-range metal dust

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.064

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.064;
PII
S0022-3115(14)00664-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
463
Journal Page Range
p. 877-880
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
21. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion devices
Acronym
Plasma-Surface Interactions 21
Dates
26-30 May 2014
Place
Kanazawa (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47030330
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ADHESION; ADHESIVES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DIVERTORS; DUSTS; ELASTICITY; FIRST WALL; M CODES; METERS; PLASMA; PLASMA SCRAPE-OFF LAYER; PLASTICITY; SURFACES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; LAYERS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; REFRACTORY METALS; SIMULATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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