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Simulation and study of the milling parameters on CuFeTaTiW multicomponent alloy
Martins, Ricardo; Gonçalves, António Pereira; Correia, J.B.; Galatanu, Andrei; Alves, E.; Dias, MartaABSTRACT: The CuFeTaTiW multicomponent alloy has been devised as an interlayer thermal barrier in nuclear fusion re-actors. In order to predict the phase constitution of this alloy, two different lines of work were performed: (a) simulation using Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo and (b) study of the influence of mechanical alloying parameters on the structures formed. The simulation results show that the most...
Simulation, Structural, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of the FeTiTaVW High ...
Martins, Ricardo; Gonçalves, António Pereira; Correia, J.B.; Galatanu, Andrei; Alves, E.; Tejado, Elena; Pastor, Jose Ygnacio; Dias, MartaABSTRACT: Developing new materials to be applied in extreme environments is an opportunity and a challenge for the future. High entropy alloys are new materials that seem promising approaches to work in nuclear fusion reactors. In this work, FeTaTiVW high entropy alloys were developed and characterized with Molecular Dynamic and Hybrid Molecular Dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. The simulation results show that ...
Irradiation damage on CrNbTaVWx high entropy alloys
Martins, Ricardo; Correia, J.B.; Czarkowski, P.; Miklaszewski, R.; Malaquias, A.; Mateus, R.ABSTRACT: CrNbTaVWx high-entropy alloys have been developed for plasma facing components to be applied in nuclear fusion reactors. The CrNbTaVWx (x = 1 and 1.7) compositions were prepared by ball milling and consolidated at 1600 degrees C under 90 MPa. To study the irradiation resistance of these materials, deuterium plasmas were used to irradiate the samples in the PF-1000U facility with 1 and 3 discharges. St...
Hybrid molecular dynamic Monte Carlo simulation and experimental production of ...
Dias, Marta; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Gonçalves, António Pereira; Alves, E.; Correia, J.B.ABSTRACT: High-entropy alloys are a class of materials intensely studied in the last years due to their innovative properties. Their unconventional compositions and chemical structures hold promise for achieving unprecedented combinations of mechanical properties. The Cu-Fe-Ni-Mo-W multicomponent alloy was studied using a combination of simulation and experimental production to test the possibility of formation...
Behavior of Cu-Y2O3 and CuCrZr-Y2O3 composites before and after irradiation
Martins, Ricardo; Antão, Francisco; Correia, J.B.; Tejado, Elena; Pastor, Jose Ygnacio; Galatanu, Andrei; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Alves, E.ABSTRACT: The Cu-Y2O3 and CuCrZr-Y2O3 materials have been devised as thermal barriers in nuclear fusion reactors. It is expected that in the nuclear environments, the materials should be working on extreme conditions of irradiation. In this work the Cu-Y2O3 and CuCrZr-Y2O3 were prepared and then irradiated in order to understand the surface irradiation resistance of the material. The composites were prepared in...
Irradiation damage on CrNbTaVWx high entropy alloys
Martins, Ricardo; Correia, J.B.; Czarkowski, P.; Miklaszewski, R.; Malaquias, A.; Mateus, R.ABSTRACT: CrNbTaVWx high-entropy alloys have been developed for plasma facing components to be applied in nuclear fusion reactors. The CrNbTaVWx (x = 1 and 1.7) compositions were prepared by ball milling and consolidated at 1600 degrees C under 90 MPa. To study the irradiation resistance of these materials, deuterium plasmas were used to irradiate the samples in the PF-1000U facility with 1 and 3 discharges. St...
Structural and Optical Characterization of Mechanochemically Synthesized CuSbS2...
Esperto, Luís; Figueira, Isabel; Mascarenhas, João; Silva, Teresa; Correia, J.B.; Neves, FilipeABSTRACT: The present work describes experimental studies related to the characterization of CuSbS2 directly synthesized after 2 h of mechanochemical synthesis (MCS) at 340 rpm, starting from mixtures of elemental powders. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy were carried out to analyze the crystal structure, degree of crystallinity, crystallite size and optical properties of the mechanochemicall...
Structural and optical characterization of mechanochemically synthesized CuSbS2...
Esperto, Luís; Figueira, Isabel; Mascarenhas, João; Silva, Teresa; Correia, J.B.; Neves, FilipeABSTRACT: One of the areas of research on materials for thin-film solar cells focuses on replacing In and Ga with more earth-abundant elements. In that respect, chalcostibite (CuSbS2) is being considered as a promising environmentally friendly and cost-effective photovoltaic absorber material. In the present work, single CuSbS2 phase was synthesized directly by a short-duration (2 h) mechanochemical-synthesis s...
Improvement of Mechanical Properties with Non-Equimolar CrNbTaVW High Entropy A...
Antão, Francisco; Martins, Ricardo; Correia, J.B.; Silva, R.C. da; Gonçalves, António Pereira; Tejado, Elena; Pastor, Jose Ygnacio; Alves, E.ABSTRACT: CrNbTaVWx with (x = 1 and 1.7) high entropy alloys have been devised for thermal barriers between the plasma-facing tungsten tiles and the copper-based heat sink in the first wall of fusion nuclear reactors. These novel materials were prepared by ball milling and consolidated by Upgrade Field Assisted Sintering Technology at 1873 K under an applied pressure of 90 MPa for 10 min. In this work, the stru...
Damage threshold of CuCrFeTiV high entropy alloys for nuclear fusion reactors
Dias, Marta; Magalhães, S.; Antão, Francisco; Silva, R.C. da; Gonçalves, António Pereira; Carvalho, Patricia Almeida; Correia, J.B.; Galatanu, AndreiABSTRACT: A CuCrFeTiV high entropy alloy was prepared and irradiated with swift heavy ions in order to check its adequacy for use as a thermal barrier in future nuclear fusion reactors. The alloy was prepared from the elemental powders by ball milling, followed by consolidation by spark plasma sintering at 1178 K and 65 MPa. The samples were then irradiated at room temperature with 300 keV Ar+ ions with fluence...