Melting of metallic plasma facing components such as tungsten (W) divertor, macroscopic melt motion, and melt splashing due to edge localized modes and plasma disruptions is a major concern in fusion devices such as ITER. The viscous stability analysis and computational modelling of coupled W-melt-plasma flows are performed using the developed volume-of-fluid magnetohydrodynamic code. The effec...

The segregation of dense core-forming melts by porous flow is a natural mechanism for core formation in early planetesimals. However, experimental observations show that texturally equilibrated metallic melt does not wet the silicate grain boundaries and tends to reside in isolated pockets that prevent percolation. Here we use pore-scale simulations to determine the minimum melt fraction requir...

the mechanism and the parameters affecting the matrix-fibril morphology in melt spun polyblend fibers are discussed. the properties of polymeric blends depend considerably on their final morphologies. blending of two miscible polymers, normally gives rise to formation of a single-phase morphology while blending of two immiscible polymers can create a two or three (in case of using compatibilize...

A novel and faster synthesis method, which combines ball milling, microwave radiation, has been successfully adopted to produce CuFe 2 S 3 isocubanite with thermoelectric properties comparable that prepared by a conventional melt-processing route.

Both liquidus and subsolidus phase equilibrium data are of central importance for applications of high temperature supercon-ductors in the (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system, including material synthesis, melt processing and single crystal growth. The sub-solidus equilibria of the 110 K high-Tc Pb-doped 2223 ([Bi, Pb], Sr, Ca, Cu) phase and the location of the primary phase field (crystallization field...

The degradation of different polyethylenes, LDPE, LLDPE, and HDPE, with and without antioxidants and at different oxygen concentrations in the polymer granulates have been studied in extrusion coating processing. The degradation was followed by On Line Rheometry, Size Exclusion Chromatography, Surface Oxidation Index measurements, and GC-MS Chromatography. The degradations starts in the extrude...

In this work we report on the processing, melt-drawing, and performance of new vanillic acid based aliphatic-aromatic thermotropic polyesters. It is demonstrated that these materials are easily processed from their nematic melts yielding highly oriented products. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a molecular weight (Mw) of roughly 30 kg/mol is required in order to successfully perform spinning o...

The microstructure evolution and interface characteristics of a directionally solidified Ti-43Al-3Si (at.%) alloy in an alumina (Al2O3) crucible with new Y2O3 skull-aided technology were investigated. The Y2O3-skull that is in contact with the TiAl-melt is relatively stable, which results in a more controlled reaction between the skull and the melt than in the case of an Al2O3 crucible is used....

Single-crystal (SX) nickel aluminide alloys have potential for structural applications where hightemperature strength and oxidation resistance are required. In this work, SX deposits of the Ni3Albased IC221W alloy were produced on a SX Ni-base superalloy substrate by means of the laser-engineered net shaping (LENS) process. The microstructure of the deposits was characterized. The effects of pr...

Issues concerning powder consolidation methods compatible with the colloidal approach and issues associated with other powder processing steps, viz., den-sification and microstructural control, are presented with regard to research directions leading to more reliable ceramics. 1. Introduction With their multiplicity of elemental combinations and crystal structures, ceramics exhibit unique prope...