Retention and release of hydrogen isotopes in carbon materials priorly charged in gas phase

Thermal desorption of deuterium from isotropic graphites and a CFC material priorly charged with deuterium gas has been investigated to obtain quantitative information on hydrogen recycling and tritium inventory in fusion experimental devices and future reactors. The spectra of thermal desorption spectrometry (TDS) appear to have five peaks, which are defined as peaks 1-5 in order of the increase of temperature. Diffusion coefficients of deuterium for the absorption process are evaluated for the samples charged with deuterium gas for various absorption times. Absorption pressure dependence of TDS spectra shows a unique change in the temperatures of peak 2. As for the absorption temperature dependence of TDS spectra, peak 4 has a drastic change in the shape of spectra and also in the peak temperatures. The mechanism of desorption for peak 5 will be associated to a detrapping process with a dispersion of energies in the range of 4.0-4.9 eV.