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Changing the carbon content in SiC can regulate and control its elastic and thermodynamic properties, but a simulation study of the effect of carbon content on the sputtering (caused by the helium ions) of SiC is still lacking. In this work, we used the Monte-Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation methods to study the effects of carbon concentration, incidence energy, incident angle, and target temperature on the sputtering yield of SiC. The results show that the incident ions\u2019 energy and angle have a significant effect on sputtering yield of SiC when the carbon concentration in SiC is around 62 at %, while the target temperature has a little effect on the sputtering yield of SiC. Our work might provide theoretical support for the experimental research and engineering application of carbon fiber-reinforced SiC that be used as the plasma-facing material in tokamak fusion reactors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/computation6010019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,14]],"date-time":"2018-02-14T14:01:20Z","timestamp":1518616880000},"page":"19","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of Carbon Concentration on the Sputtering of Carbon-Rich SiC Bombarded by Helium Ions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Xinghao","family":"Liang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"},{"name":"The Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100088, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4719-6808","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qiang","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoping","family":"Ouyang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"},{"name":"Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi\u2019an 710024, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"219","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jnucmat.2009.03.013","article-title":"TRISO coated fuel particles with enhanced SiC properties","volume":"392","author":"Tan","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. 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