Powder metallurgy route to ultrafine‐grained refractory metals

L Zhang, X Li, X Qu, M Qin, Z Que, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrafine‐grained (UFG) refractory metals are promising materials for applications in
aerospace, microelectronics, nuclear energy, and many others under extreme environments …

Manufacturing of tungsten and tungsten composites for fusion application via different routes

Y Wu - Tungsten, 2019 - Springer
Tungsten is a refractory metal with the highest melting point of all metals, which is
considered as a promising candidate material for plasma-facing materials in the future …

Microstructure evolution, mechanical properties, and strengthening mechanism of TiC reinforced Inconel 625 nanocomposites fabricated by selective laser melting

L Chen, Y Sun, L Li, X Ren - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2020 - Elsevier
Selective laser melting (SLM) at different laser fluences was used to fabricate a TiC/Inconel
625 (TiC/IN625) nanocomposites. The influence of laser fluence on surface morphology …

Synthesis and characterization of nano TiC dispersed strengthening W alloys via freeze-drying

W Hu, X Kong, Z Du, A Khan, Z Ma - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to synthesize carbide dispersion strengthened tungsten (CDS-W) with high
performance, the W-(0, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 wt%) TiC alloys were synthesized by novel freeze-drying …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of mechanical properties of tungsten alloy via disordered microstructure and solid solution strengthening

R Mao, D Xiang - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor mechanical properties and large tungsten grains prevent the reported W-Ni 3 Al alloy
from being used as a kinetic energy penetrator (KEP). Based on our previous flaky Ni 3 Al …

Effect of Si-coated diamond on the relative density and thermal conductivity of diamond/W composites prepared by SPS

Z Cao, S Chen, Z Jiang, H Chen, J Sun, K Jing… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to improve the thermal conductivity of tungsten, diamonds coated with thin coating of
pure Si and W matrix were mixed to fabricate composites with SPS process. The effects of Si …

A prospect of using ternary W-5 wt% V-5 wt% Ta alloy manufactured by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering as plasma-facing material

H Cui, N Liu, L Luo, Y Xu, J Cheng, Y Wu - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
For ensuring W employed as the armor of the divertor component in International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a ternary W alloy W-5 wt% V-5 wt% Ta was …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of minor rhenium additions on the thermal properties and recrystallization temperature of tungsten alloy

J Shi, J Song, M Liang, Y Lian, J Wang, F Feng… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tungsten (W) stands out as a highly promising plasma-facing materials (PFMs) for future
nuclear fusion reactors due to its advantages of excellent high temperature strength, low …

Effects of rolling reduction on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of W-0.5 wt% ZrC alloys

BL Zhao, YP Xia, LF Zhang, JG Ke, X Cheng… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of hot rolling reduction on microstructures and mechanical properties of W-0.5
wt% ZrC (WZC) materials were investigated. Four WZC specimens with rolling reductions of …

Nanostructured TiC dispersion-strengthened tungsten composite with remarkably improved He ion irradiation resistance

X Li, H Liu, P Hu, J Wang, Y Yang, H Li… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving the irradiation resistance of W alloys is vital to their application of plasma facing
materials in future fusion reactors. In this work, quasi-spherical tungsten nanoparticles …