Thick boron carbide coatings for protection of tokamak first wall and divertor

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-360

  Buzhinskij, O I ^a   Semenets, Yu M ^a  

^a TROITSK INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND FUSION RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHLORINE; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLUORINE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; PLASMA SPRAYING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SINTERING; SPRAYED COATINGS; SPUTTERING;

BORON CARBIDE COATINGS; DIVERTORS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032664690     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00007-1     Document Type: Review

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