J. Roth et al., RELEASE OF DEUTERIUM FROM CARBON-DEUTERIUM FILMS ON BERYLLIUM DURING CARBIDE FORMATION AND OXIDATION, Journal of nuclear materials, 250(1), 1997, pp. 23-28
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16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Mining & Mineral Processing","Material Science
Amorphous carbon-deuterium (a-C:D) films on beryllium substrates were
vacuum annealed while the composition versus depth was followed using
Rutherford backscattering, elastic recoil detection and Auger electron
spectroscopy. The a-C:D film reacts with the Be substrate to form sto
ichiometric beryllium carbide, Be2C. The reaction begins at the interf
ace and progresses through the film around 500 degrees C until the ent
ire film has reacted. D is absent from the reacted portion of the film
but is still present in the unreacted carbon. The a-C:D films are rem
oved from the Be without forming carbide by heating in oxygen at 400 d
egrees C. Ion beam analysis was also used to study the oxidation of Be
at temperatures up to 680 degrees C. Through sequential exposures to
different isotopes of oxygen it was shown that oxidation occurs by per
meation of Be from the metal/oxide interface to the outer surface. (C)
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