EP0338619A1 - Hochflussneutronengenerator mit langlebigem Target - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a high flux neutron generator with a target struck by a beam of isotope ions of hydrogen, said target being constituted by a structure comprising a metallic layer with a high absorption coefficient with respect to the hydrogen, produced on a support layer made of a metal with a high coefficient of heat conductivity and a low degree of volatilization.
- Such generators are used for example in techniques for examining matter by fast, thermal, epithermal or cold neutrons.
- Neutrons are generated by reactions between nuclei of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen: deuterium and tritium. These reactions occur because a target, containing deuterium and tritium, is subjected to the bombardment of a beam of deuterium ions and tritium ions accelerated under a high potential difference. Deuterium ions and tritium ions are formed in an ion source in which a gaseous mixture of deuterium and tritium is ionized. The collision between a deuterium nucleus and a tritium nucleus provides a neutron with an energy of 14 MeV, and a particle - ⁇ with an energy of 3.6 MeV.
- a commonly used means for making such targets with hydrogen isotopes is to fix the nuclei in the crystal lattice of a hydrurable material.
- titanium is often used because of its lower stopping power, which results in better neutron yield.
- these materials have the drawback of insufficient mechanical strength when the hydrogen concentration is high and the material in "thick layer" (disintegration phenomenon causing the dispersion of metallic particles, which is detrimental to the voltage withstand of the devices ion beam acceleration).
- a copper support for example, partially meets these criteria but has a high sputtering coefficient.
- a target with good mechanical strength is difficult to achieve with this support because the coefficient of linear expansion of titanium is very different from that of copper.
- the lifetime of the target would be very limited because after erosion of the titanium layer at the places of high density of the ion beam, the copper of the support would quickly be pulverized on the surrounding titanium surface and would considerably slow down the energy of the ions and consequently the yield of neutrons; this would lead simultaneously to the piercing of the support layer.
- One way of avoiding this phenomenon is to form an intermediate layer of a material such as molybdenum, more resistant to ionic erosion and less permeable to hydrogen, between the support layer and the hydrogen-absorbing surface metal layer. to its isotopes.
- concentration of hydrogen ions in the surface layer increases rapidly until a state of equilibrium is established in which the quantity of hydrogen which penetrates into said surface layer is equal to that which leaves it by diffusion.
- the beam is made up of an equimolecular deuterium-tritium mixture so that the ions extracted from the source and implanted in the target after acceleration do not lead to a depletion of the target nuclei in favor of the nuclei of the beam.
- the ion implantation of the beam takes place in layers of support materials, the stopping power of which, much higher than in the active layer, causes the neutron emission to drop sharply, leading to the end of operational life of the tube .
- the object of the invention is to provide a neutron generator with a target which is struck by a beam of hydrogen ions, the lifetime of this target subject to the influence of an ion beam bombardment. high intensity being longer than the lifetime of known neutron generator targets.
- the neutron generator of the kind mentioned in the preamble is remarkable in that the activated layer with a high absorption coefficient consists of a stack of identical layers isolated from each other by a diffusion barrier, the thickness of said layers with a high absorption coefficient being equal for example to the penetration depth of the deuterium ions which strike the target.
- Another advantage consists in reducing the total amount of deuterium-tritium mixture necessary for the operation of the tube, especially marked with regard to the amount of tritium which is known to break down gradually into He3, which correlatively increases the pressure residual in the tube.
- the metal of the highly hydrogen permeable layers belongs to the group comprising titanium, zirconium, scandium, yttrium and lanthanides, while the metal forming the support layer belongs to the group comprising molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, chromium and niobium.
- Diffusion barriers can be developed by chemical means such as nitriding in reactive plasma, deposition of passivated layer by oxidation or by physical means such as deposition of an appropriate metallic layer, ion implantation, etc.
- an envelope 1 contains a gaseous mixture in equal proportions of deuterium and tritium under a pressure of the order of a few thousandths of a millimeter of mercury.
- This gas mixture is supplied via a pressure regulator 2.
- the gas pressure is controlled using an ionization pressure gauge 3.
- the mixture of deuterium and tritium is ionized in the ion source 4 and an ion beam is extracted therefrom by the acceleration electrode 5 secured to the casing 1 and cooled at 6 by a circulation of water. With respect to this electrode 5, the anode 7 is brought to a positive very high voltage potential (+ THT).
- the ion source 4 of the Penning type further comprises two cathodes 8 and 9 brought to the same negative potential of the order of 5 kV relative to the anode 7 and a permanent magnet 10 creating an axial magnetic field and the magnetic circuit is closed by the ferromagnetic socket 11 which envelops the ion source 4.
- the positive high voltage + THT is applied to the source by the cable 12, the end of which is surrounded by the insulating sleeves 13 and 14.
- the ion beam passes through the suppressor electrode 15 and strikes the target 16 cooled at 17 by a circulation of water. Part of this target is shown on a larger scale in Figure 1b.
- the target 16 consists of a molybdenum substrate 18 forming the support layer on which a titanium layer 19 is formed.
- a first hydrogen diffusion barrier 20 is successively produced, followed by a titanium layer. 21, then in the same way, the diffusion barriers 22, 24 and 26 alternating with the titanium layers of the same thickness 23, 25 and 27 respectively.
- the choice of the thickness of said layers is related to the penetration depth of the deuterium ions coming to strike the titanium target to generate there by collision with the implanted tritium ions, a neutron emission of 14 MeV. This avoids the depletion of the surface concentration of the target in tritium nuclei which would result from their diffusion towards the inside of a thicker layer.
- the regeneration of the tritium target nuclei is suitably ensured if the deuterium-tritium mixture inside the neutron tube of FIG. 1a is found in equal amounts.
- step by step after each piercing of a diffusion barrier, we will impregnate the underlying titanium layer while preventing by the following barrier the penetration by diffusion of tritium ions to the lower layers.
- concentration rate of hydrogen ions in the successive layers of titanium and consequently the level of neutron emission are kept substantially constant as the successive layers are eroded.
- This method of obtaining diffusion barriers by nitriding in reactive plasma is not limiting. It obviously does not exclude the use of barriers obtained by any other chemical process such as oxidation, or physical process such as the deposition of intermediate metallic layers or barriers produced by ion implantation.
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FR8805147A FR2630251B1 (fr) | 1988-04-19 | 1988-04-19 | Generateur de neutrons a haut flux avec cible a grande duree de vie |
FR8805147 | 1988-04-19 |
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EP0338619A1 true EP0338619A1 (de) | 1989-10-25 |
EP0338619B1 EP0338619B1 (de) | 1995-07-19 |
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US (1) | US4935194A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0338619B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPH01312500A (de) |
DE (1) | DE68923476T2 (de) |
FR (1) | FR2630251B1 (de) |
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