CO2 absorption characteristics of a Li2TiO3 blanket material under atmospheric exposure

Non-Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (NRBS) for the composition analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD) for the crystallographic structure analysis have been applied to the blanket candidate material, Li2TiO3, which is known to absorb CO2 though chemically stable. It is found that the amount of CO2 absorbed by atmospheric exposure of the low- and medium-density samples is greater than or comparable to that by dry CO2 gas exposure. By varying the density of the Li2TiO3 and composition of the ambient gas, conditions to minimize the amount of CO2 absorbed are discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.