Ga based alloys and compounds

Liquid metals as a divertor plasma-facing material explored using the Pilot-PSI and Magnum-PSI linear devices

“…The APEX studies identified Li or Sn-Li alloy, or a molten salt (FLIBE) [37], while more recently Sn, Ga and Al were proposed [25]. FLIBE has a very low thermal conductivity (1 W m −1 K −1 ) [37], Ga a high chemical reactivity with many potential substrates [38] and Al has a long-lived reactivity [39], which makes these options less attractive. The work described here has mostly therefore concentrated on studying Li and Sn.…”