About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Developments in Advanced Nuclear Structural Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Development of Compositionally Complex Carbides as Nuclear Structural Materials |
| Author(s) |
Bai Cui, Lanh Trinh, Kaustubh Bawane, Zilong Hua, Linu Malakkal, Luke Wadle, Yongfeng Lu |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Bai Cui |
| Abstract Scope |
Novel compositionally complex carbides (CCC) may have promising applications such as next-generation fuel claddings in advanced fast reactors and plasma-facing components in fusion reactors. Compared to the existing materials for nuclear structural applications including stainless steels, nickel alloys, SiC, and potentially high-entropy alloys, as well as certain other compositionally complex ceramic families, CCC appear to be more resistant to amorphization, growth of irradiation defect clusters, and void swelling. This presentation will discuss the synthesis, microstructures, and radiation damage behavior of CCC to understand the fundamental mechanisms related to the impact of multi-principal metal components on phase stability, irradiation-induced defect clusters, irradiation hardening, and thermal conductivity. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |