Research Article
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 |
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