1.Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia;2.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg,Russia
Abstract:
Recent data on the blistering process in polished polycrystalline Mo for the case of direct-current glow discharge in deuterium and D2/2–4 mol % O2 or N2 admixtures, at an energy of incident molecular ions of 70–120 eV and a pressure of 14 Pa, are reported. Depending on the method of metal surface polishing, the initial metal grains are broken up into mutually disordered regions of smaller sizes (subgrains); the chemical composition of the damaged layer changes. In the formed structure, blistering can develop easily or be impeded. Small additions of O2 or N2 to deuterium facilitate the blistering.