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Compatibility investigation of liquid tin and tungsten-based capillary porous system under high-density plasma environment

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The bias voltage-enhanced plasma was utilized to investigate the compatibility of liquid tin and CPS (capillary porous system) in Sichuan University Plasma Surface Interaction (SCU-PSI). Prewetted (through static heating method) and unwetted (without preheating) Sn-CPS were prepared and then irradiated by different bias voltage-driven plasma. In comparison to bare CPS exposed to plasma, the Sn wetted CPS showed slightly internal and external morphology variation after plasma irradiation with + 20 V and − 20 V bias voltage. However, for unwetted Sn-CPS samples, the CPS revealed varying degrees of damage along with a range of bias voltage (0 V to  − 16 V), which has not been observed before. It is interesting that there is no obvious surface structure change or damage for bare CPS after the irradiation of plasma and corrosion of liquid tin from other report. The inside mechanism still needs further investigation.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2019SCU12072), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2019M663487), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11875198 and 11905151) and the Major Research Plan of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 91426303). Kun Zhang is grateful to the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities for its financial support.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China

    Zong-Biao Ye, Xiao-Chun Ma, Bo Chen, Jian-Jun Chen, Kun Zhang & Fu-Jun Gou

  2. Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu, 610005, China

    Xiao-Chun Ma

  3. School of Physics, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China

    Ping-Ni He

  4. Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China

    Zhi-Jun Wang & Chi Yang

  5. Institute of Atomic and Molecule Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China

    Jian-Jun Wei

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Ye, ZB., Ma, XC., He, PN. et al. Compatibility investigation of liquid tin and tungsten-based capillary porous system under high-density plasma environment. Tungsten 2, 94–100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42864-020-00044-8

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