The HIPE is a versatile experimental platform for accurately measuring the permeability of hydrogen isotopes in materials at high temperatures.
Hydrogen and tritium permeation are potentially issues in some fission and fusion reactor materials. HIPE will enable the acquisition of practical material performance data under a range of emulated reactor conditions.
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HIPE is especially designed to test materials with low hydrogen permeability, such as candidate barrier materials for advanced fission and fusion reactors.
Key Capabilities:
- HIPE uses residual gas analysis against an ultra-high-vacuum background to achieve a low minimum detection limit. This detection method can also distinguish between different elements and their isotopes.
- HIPE possesses an adjustable feed gas system enables the use of any mixture of up to three gases, each with a fully adjustable partial pressure maintained throughout the experiment.
- Bulk pressure can be adjusted independent of partial pressure wit use of an inert backing gas, conserving expensive gasses such as deuterium or tritium.
- HIPE features a unique brazed sample mount that enables testing metals and ceramics up to 800 °C, emulating the conditions found in fusion and high-temperature fission reactors.
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