A study on nuclear properties of Zr, Nb, and Ta nuclei used as structural material in fusion reactor

Fusion has a practically limitless fuel supply and is attractive as an energy source. The main goal of fusion research is to construct and operate an energy generating system. Fusion researches also contains fusion structural materials used fusion reactors. Material issues are very important for dev...

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Main Authors: Sahan, Halide, Tel, Eyyup, Sahan, Muhittin, Aydin, Abdullah, Sarpun, Ismail Hakki, Kara, Ayhan, Doner, Mesut
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Charge
Fusion reactors
Isotopes
Mathematical analysis
Niobium
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear properties
Nuclear reactors
Nuclei
Nuclei (nuclear physics)
Structural materials
Tantalum
Zirconium
Zirconium isotopes
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Summary:Fusion has a practically limitless fuel supply and is attractive as an energy source. The main goal of fusion research is to construct and operate an energy generating system. Fusion researches also contains fusion structural materials used fusion reactors. Material issues are very important for development of fusion reactors. Therefore, a wide range of fusion structural materials have been considered for fusion energy applications. Zirconium (Zr), Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) containing alloys are important structural materials for fusion reactors and many other fields. Naturally Zr includes the 90Zr (%51.5), 91Zr (%11.2), 92Zr (%17.1), 94Zr (%17.4), 96Zr (%2.80) isotopes and 93Nb and 181Ta include the 93Nb (%100) and 181Ta (%99.98), respectively. In this study, the charge, mass, proton and neutron densities and the root-mean-square (rms) charge radii, rms nuclear mass radii, rms nuclear proton, and neutron radii have been calculated for 87-102Zr, 93Nb, 181Ta target nuclei isotopes by using the Hartree–Fock method with an effective Skyrme force with SKM*. The calculated results have been compared with those of the compiled experimental taken from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables and theoretical values of other studies.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201510001007