The effect of plasma impurities on the sputtering of tungsten carbide

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Vortler K ^a   Bjorkas C ^a   Nordlund, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C ATOMS; ENERGY RANGES; FLUENCES; ION IMPACT; MIXED MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PLASMA IMPURITIES; SPUTTERING YIELDS; STEADY STATE; WALL MATERIALS;

FUSION REACTORS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

ION BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 79951803410     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/8/085002     Document Type: Article

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