An injector device for producing clean-surface liquid metal samples of Li, Ga and Sn–Li in vacuum

Baldwin, M.J.; Lynch, T.; Chousal, L.; Seraydarian, R.; Doerner, R.; Luckhardt, S.

doi:10.1016/s0920-3796(03)00415-0

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“…Most liquid metals do not easily "wet" new surfaces. 14,15 A primary reason is surface oxides on the metal. Selecting metals with low surface roughness, thorough prior cleaning, and raising the system to elevated temperatures can speed up the wetting process.…”

Section: Gainsn Handling In the Laboratorymentioning

confidence: 99%

GaInSn usage in the research laboratory

Morley

Burris

Cadwallader

et al. 2008

Review of Scientific Instruments

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GaInSn, a eutectic alloy, has been successfully used in the Magneto-Thermofluid Research Laboratory at the University of California-Los Angeles and at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory for the past six years. This paper describes the handling and safety of GaInSn based on the experience gained in these institutions, augmented by observations from other researchers in the liquid metal experimental community. GaInSn is an alloy with benign properties and shows considerable potential in liquid metal experimental research and cooling applications.

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Section: Gainsn Handling In the Laboratorymentioning

confidence: 99%

GaInSn usage in the research laboratory

Morley

Burris

Cadwallader

et al. 2008

Review of Scientific Instruments

259

147

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LiMeS-Lab: An Integrated Laboratory for the Development of Liquid–Metal Shield Technologies for Fusion Reactors

Tanke,

Al,

Alonso van der Westen

et al. 2023

J Fusion Energ

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The liquid metal shield laboratory (LiMeS-Lab) will provide the infrastructure to develop, test, and compare liquid metal divertor designs for future fusion reactors. The main research topics of LiMeS-lab will be liquid metal interactions with the substrate material of the divertor, the continuous circulation and capillary refilling of the liquid metal during intense plasma heat loading and the retention of plasma particles in the liquid metal. To facilitate the research, four new devices are in development at the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research and the Eindhoven University of Technology: LiMeS-AM: a custom metal 3D printer based on powder bed fusion; LiMeS-Wetting, a plasma device to study the wetting of liquid metals on various substrates with different surface treatments; LiMeS-PSI, a linear plasma generator specifically adapted to operate continuous liquid metal loops. Special diagnostic protection will also be implemented to perform measurements in long duration shots without being affected by the liquid metal vapor; LiMeS-TDS, a thermal desorption spectroscopy system to characterize deuterium retention in a metal vapor environment. Each of these devices has specific challenges due to the presence and deposition of metal vapors that need to be addressed in order to function. In this paper, an overview of LiMeS-Lab will be given and the conceptual designs of the last three devices will be presented.

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