Advanced simulation of mixed-material erosion/evolution and application to low and high-Z containing plasma facing components

Abstract Plasma interactions with mixed-material surfaces are being analyzed using advanced modeling of time-dependent surface evolution/erosion. Simulations use the REDEP/WBC erosion/redeposition code package coupled to the HEIGHTS package ITMC-DYN mixed-material formation/response code, with plasma parameter input from codes and data. We report here on analysis for a DIII-D Mo/C containing tokamak divertor. A DIII-D/DiMES probe experiment simulation predicts that sputtered molybdenum from a 1 cm diameter central spot quickly saturates (∼4 s) in the 5 cm diameter surrounding carbon probe surface, with subsequent re-sputtering and transport to off-probe divertor regions, and with high (∼50%) redeposition on the Mo spot. Predicted Mo content in the carbon agrees well with post-exposure probe data. We discuss implications and mixed-material analysis issues for Be/W mixing at the ITER outer divertor, and Li, C, Mo mixing at an NSTX divertor.