We have developed a method for passivating previously activated ZrAl alloy bulk getters. Such passivation is essential for avoiding embrittlement of the getters during discharge cleaning operations in tokamak fusion devices. The method consists of exposing the getters (at room temperature) to a controlled amount of oxygen, followed by pulse discharge cleaning to restore the vacuum vessel walls to clean conditions. We have tested this method on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) and present measurements of the decrease in the hydrogen and oxygen pumping speeds as functions of the quantity of oxygen adsorbed. These measurements are in good agreement with previous laboratory results. Using this method followed by 20 h of pulse discharge cleaning, we have reduced the getter pumping speed by more than a factor of 2×103 and have recovered the same clean vacuum conditions as existed prior to the oxygen exposure.
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May 01 1985
Technique for in vacuo passivation of ZrAl alloy bulk getters
J. L. Cecchi;
J. L. Cecchi
Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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P. H. LaMarche;
P. H. LaMarche
Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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H. F. Dylla;
H. F. Dylla
Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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R. J. Knize
R. J. Knize
Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 3, 487–490 (1985)
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Received:
December 05 1984
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January 28 1985
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J. L. Cecchi, P. H. LaMarche, H. F. Dylla, R. J. Knize; Technique for in vacuo passivation of ZrAl alloy bulk getters. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 May 1985; 3 (3): 487–490. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.573021
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