Abstract:
The deuterium desorption behavior of titanium deuteride with oxide layer on the surface in a constant volume system was investigated in the temperature range of 873 to 1 073 K. The activation energy obtained by the desorption analysis is (29.0±1.0)、(27.6±1.0) and (24.9±1.4) kJ/mol, respectively for titanium deuteride oxided for five, two hours at 673 K and non-oxided. The experimental results prove that the thicker the oxide layer in surface of titanium deuteride is, the larger the activation energy is; and that the oxide layer has the property of blocking deuterium.