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Wilson, L.L.

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TU6RFP042	An Electron Beam SNS Foil Test Stand	1638
	R.W. Shaw, D.P. Bontrager, M.A. Plum, L.L. Wilson ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee C.S. Feigerle University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee C.F. Luck ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
	Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Nanocrystalline diamond foils are now in use for injection stripping at the SNS. Typical dimensions are 17x25 mm x 300-350 ug/cm² physical thickness. Corrugations of the foil help to maintain flatness, but after ca. 300 C of injected charge curling is observed. We continue to experiment with foil preparation techniques. To allow independent stripper foil testing without impacting SNS neutron production, we have assembled a 30 keV electron beam foil test facility to investigate foil lifetimes. At 30 keV acceleration, a 1.6 mA/mm2 electron beam imparts the same peak heating load to a carbon foil as the injected and circulating current of the 1.4 MW SNS. At this energy the electron stopping distance is approximately six-fold longer than the foil thickness. The electron gun is capable of 5 mA current in a focal spot less than 1 mm FWHM diameter. Two foil stations are available for sequential tests, and foils can be rotated relative to the beam to vary their effective thickness. A 6 us risetime optical pyrometer records instantaneous foil temperatures over the 60 Hz heating profile. A CCD camera captures foil images over time. Results using this test stand are described.

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TU6RFP042

An Electron Beam SNS Foil Test Stand

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R.W. Shaw, D.P. Bontrager, M.A. Plum, L.L. Wilson
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
C.S. Feigerle
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
C.F. Luck
ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Nanocrystalline diamond foils are now in use for injection stripping at the SNS. Typical dimensions are 17x25 mm x 300-350 ug/cm² physical thickness. Corrugations of the foil help to maintain flatness, but after ca. 300 C of injected charge curling is observed. We continue to experiment with foil preparation techniques. To allow independent stripper foil testing without impacting SNS neutron production, we have assembled a 30 keV electron beam foil test facility to investigate foil lifetimes. At 30 keV acceleration, a 1.6 mA/mm2 electron beam imparts the same peak heating load to a carbon foil as the injected and circulating current of the 1.4 MW SNS. At this energy the electron stopping distance is approximately six-fold longer than the foil thickness. The electron gun is capable of 5 mA current in a focal spot less than 1 mm FWHM diameter. Two foil stations are available for sequential tests, and foils can be rotated relative to the beam to vary their effective thickness. A 6 us risetime optical pyrometer records instantaneous foil temperatures over the 60 Hz heating profile. A CCD camera captures foil images over time. Results using this test stand are described.