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Two rows of the graphite tiles (%1.2 m 2 ) at the lower end of the central column of ASDEX Upgrade were coated with tungsten. Since no high heat ̄uxes are present in this region, the tiles were coated by a physical vapour deposition technique to a thickness of only 500 nm. The experimental campaign was started without wall conditioning by coating of the vacuum vessel. This allowed to measure the W-erosion and the W-concentration with an almost pure tungsten surface exposed to the plasma. The in ̄ux as well as the concentration were monitored by spectroscopic methods. The penetration probability for tungsten from the central column is deduced from direct laser ablation of the coating. The measurements were complimented by deposition probe measurements in the midplane and in the divertor. In all important discharge scenarios, which were performed already during the phase without wall conditioning, no concentrations above the detection limit of about 5 Â 10 À6 were found. This result is supported by the deposition probe measurements, which showed no or very small amounts of W deposited in single discharges. The concentrations are at least a factor of 10 below the acceptable concentra

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Author

R. Neu; V. Rohde; A. Geier; K. Krieger; H. Maier; D. Bolshukhin; A. Kallenbach; R. Pugno; K. Schmidtmann; M. Zarrabian

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0022-3115)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)