(1) Russian Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,”, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia;(2) Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Abstract:
Hydrogen and deuterium accumulation after irradiation of a vanadium alloy V-3.5 Ga with pulsed and steady-state plasma and hydrogen ions with a dose of 1.0 × 1019 cm?2 has been studied. Hydrogen and deuterium saturation of surface layers 15–40 nm thick has been detected to occur both on the sides of irradiated and nonirradiated targets. Possible mechanisms of the observed effects are discussed.