High-Z Dust Generation on Tungsten Surfaces due to Synergetic Erosion of Deuterium/Helium Plasma Exposures

Abstract

Low-energy and high-flux plasma exposures on tungsten surfaces result in blister/hole formation. Subsequent He plasma exposure at 2,000 K on the blister-rich surface forms a hole structure on the surface, including the blister surface, and some blisters collapse due to recrystallization and bubble formation on the blister skin. Grain ejections were observed after deuterium plasma exposure at 550 K on a W surface on which a hole structure had formed due to He pre-exposure at 1,600 K.