Tritium and Helium-3 in Metals
By: by Rainer Lässer
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science -- 9; Springer series in materials science -- 9.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9783642735127; 9783642735103
Subjects: Nuclear fusion; Thermodynamics; Nuclear physics; Physics
Description: The book surveys recent results on the behaviour of tritium and its decay product helium-3 in metals. In contrast to many earlier books which discuss the properties of the stable hydrogen isotopes without mentioning tritium, this book reviews mainly the results on tritium in metals. Due to the difficulties in preparing metal tritide samples, very important quantities such as diffusivity, superconductivity, solubility, etc. have only been determined very recently. The book not only presents the measured tritium data, but also the isotopic dependency of the different physical properties by comparing H, D and T results. A further chapter is devoted to helium-3 in metals. Aspects such as helium release, generation of helium bubbles, swelling, and change of the lattice parameter upon aging are discussed. The book provides the reader with up-to-date information and deep insight into the behaviour of H, D, T and He-3 in metals. Further important topics such as tritium production, its risks, handling and discharge to the environment are also addressed.
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