Title :
Outgassing Rate of the Copper-Plated Beam Tube for ISABELLE
Author :
Hseuh, H.C. ; Gaudet, E.F.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973
fDate :
6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The ultrahigh vacuum system of the intersecting storage accelerator, ISABELLE, will consist of two interlaced rings of stainless steel beam tubes with a circumference 212 miles each. To obtain a good heat conduction during bakeout and to reduce the resistive wall instability during beam operation, a 1mm thick copper coating will be electroplated to the outer surface of this 1.5mm thick beam tube. To minimize the beam loss due to beam-gas collision, the pressure inside the beam tube is required to be 1 à 10-11 Torr (N2 equivalent) or less. To achieve this ultrahigh vacuum, the outgassing rate of the 304 LN stainlefs steel tubes has been reduced to ~1 à 10-13 Torr·l/cm2· sec by vacuum firing at 950°C for one hour. However, during acid-bath electroplating of copper, significant amount of hydrogen will be reintroduced and trapped in stainless steel which will substantially increase the outgassing rate (to ~2 à 10-12 Torr·l/cm2 sec). The outgassing characteristics of these copper-plated beam tubes are studied and discussed within the scope of diffusion and energy of activation. Methods to reduce the outgassing rate to an acceptable level (~l à 10-13 Torr·l/cm2·sec) are also given.
Keywords :
Copper; Electron tubes; Hydrogen; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Orifices; Particle beams; Steel; Structural beams; Vacuum systems;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1981.4332083