Tritium Breeding Performance Analysis of HCLL Blanket Fusion Reactor Employing Vanadium Alloy (V-5Cr-5Ti) as First Wall Material

Table 2

Material candidate properties of the first wall (FW) [30–33].

Material properties	VC	TiC	V-5Cr-5Ti	HT-9	C	SiC	W
Melting point (°C)	2810	3160	1890	1420	3600	2730	3400
Density (g cm^−3)	5.77	4.93	6.1	7.8	2.266	3.21	19.25
Thermal expansion (10^−6 K^−1)	10.96	9.5	10.5	12.6	6.5	4.0	4.4
Thermal conductivity (Wm^−1 K^−1)	50	17.14	35.3	27.7	25	60	175
Specific heat (J kg^−1 K^−1)	690	840	575	800	707	510	130