Laser melting of spark plasma-sintered zirconium carbide: thermophysical properties of a generation IV very high-temperature reactor material

Heather Jackson; Daniel Jayaseelan; William Edward Lee; Michael Reece; Fawad Inam; Dario Manara; Carlo Perinetti Casoni; Franck de Bruycker; Konstantinos Boboridis

doi:10.1111/j.1744-7402.2009.02434.x

Laser melting of spark plasma-sintered zirconium carbide: thermophysical properties of a generation IV very high-temperature reactor material

Heather Jackson, Daniel Jayaseelan, William Edward Lee, Michael Reece, Fawad Inam, Dario Manara, Carlo Perinetti Casoni, Franck de Bruycker, Konstantinos Boboridis

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Melting temperatures of zirconium carbide were investigated in validating a novel thermal analysis technique for refractory materials. Commercial ZrC0.96 powder was densified by spark plasma sintering to >96% relative density after 6–30 min at 2173–2453 K under 40–100 MPa. Sintered ceramics were heated to >4000 K via pulsed laser heating. Mean values for solidus and liquidus transitions were 3451 and 3608 K, respectively, in fair agreement with the present phase diagram. Postmelting analysis revealed dendritic microstructure and composition consistent with single-phase ZrC. Subsurface gas porosity and ZrC–C eutectic indicate complex processes occurring during melting and freezing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-326
Journal	International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7402.2009.02434.x
Publication status	Published - May 2009

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Jackson, H., Jayaseelan, D., Lee, W. E., Reece, M., Inam, F., Manara, D., Casoni, C. P., de Bruycker, F., & Boboridis, K. (2009). Laser melting of spark plasma-sintered zirconium carbide: thermophysical properties of a generation IV very high-temperature reactor material. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 7(3), 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7402.2009.02434.x

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Laser melting of spark plasma-sintered zirconium carbide: thermophysical properties of a generation IV very high-temperature reactor material. / Jackson, Heather; Jayaseelan, Daniel; Lee, William Edward et al.
In: International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Vol. 7, No. 3, 05.2009, p. 316-326.

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