Preparation of the liquid lithium divertor plates for NSTX
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Abstract Each of the four toroidal panels of the liquid lithium divertor being installed in NSTX for operation in the 2010 campaign is a conical section inclined at 22° like the previous graphite divertor tiles. Each panel is a copper plate clad with stainless steel and a surface layer of porous plasma sprayed molybdenum (Mo) that will host lithium deposited from an evaporator. This paper describes the processes in fabrication; these include cutting to rough shape, die pressing into conical sections, machining to near final shape with holes for electrical heaters, thermocouples and a groove for a cooling tube, brazing of the 0.25-mm cladding and vacuum plasma spraying of the Mo coating.
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OpenAlex topics: Fusion materials and technologies · Magnetic confinement fusion research · Nuclear Materials and Properties
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