| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Looking Outside Materials Science: Lessons Learned for and from Materials Discovery - A Student-Led Symposium
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| Presentation Title |
Under pressure: The lasting interdisciplinary impact of Percy Bridgman on processing in extreme environments |
| Author(s) |
Suveen N. Mathaudhu |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Suveen N. Mathaudhu |
| Abstract Scope |
Percy Bridgman received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his studies of matter under high pressure. His studies of the effects of high pressure and thermodynamic behavior were extensively investigated at pressures of up to 10 GPa through his “fertile mechanical imagination”, which improved on instruments capping out at 0.3GPa at the time. These instruments allowed the study of compressibility, electric and thermal conductivity, tensile strength and viscosity of more than 100 different materials, including the study of metals such as plutonium and uranium for the Manhattan Project. It the decades following Bridgman’s seminal instruments and discoveries, the understanding of the behavior of materials has exploded based on rotational diamond anvil and high pressure torsion studies. In this lecture, we will journey through Bridgman’s life and discoveries, and lead into how they have influenced our modern understanding of both metallic and geological materials under extreme pressures, shears and temperatures. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Process Technology, Phase Transformations, |