Description: exceptional thermal shock resistant qualities. Silicon carbide ceramics with little or no grain boundary impurities maintain their strength to very high temperatures, approaching 1600°C ...

US General Atomics has completed its first round of testing at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on unfuelled samples of ...

Using transmission electron microscopy, researchers found the exact mechanism of synergistic damage to suggest improvements ...

These fibers are primarily manufactured using methods such as the Yajima process, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or laser-driven chemical vapor deposition (LCVD). The market growth is driven by ...

New research from the Ateneo de Manila University could pave the way for more durable versions of silicon carbide (SiC), a ...

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) has announced the eight winners of the SiC Packaging Prize ...

U.S.) and Sierra Space Corp. (Louisville, Colo., U.S.) have developed a novel carbon fiber-reinforced silicon-carbide (C/SiC) ceramic matrix composite (CMC) thermal protection system (TPS) for ...

The structural materials in Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are subjected to a combination of challenging environmental conditions, including high temperatures, intense fluoride-salt corrosion, and severe ...

Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant ...

“Silicon carbide (SiC) is a ceramic material with excellent wear resistance and strong covalent bonds having similar ...