| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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2025 Technical Division Student Poster Contest
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| Presentation Title |
SPU-25: Material Processing Development for the Fabrication of Melt Wires for Monitoring Nuclear Reactor Temperatures |
| Author(s) |
Shanae Brachtl, Adam Storms, Rene Rodriguez |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Adam Storms |
| Abstract Scope |
The purpose of our project is to fabricate melt wire materials for monitoring nuclear reactor temperatures. We plan to investigate iron-antimony, silver-copper, and silver-antimony alloys as candidates for melt wires that melt in the 700-900oC temperature range. To develop the silver-copper melt wire, the 60 atomic % silver will be melted at the eutectic point of 777oC. The other compositions, iron-antimony and 9 atomic % antimony-silver, are expected to undergo incongruent melting at their respective peritectic points, 749oC and 702.5oC, and will be fabricated using a magnetron sputtering system. Methods of analysis include ICP, DSC, EDS, and SEM. Investigations are underway and expected outcomes include development of a standard operating procedure for reproducible production, utilization of a sputtering system to formulate specific compositions, and fabrication of melt wire materials within the 700-900oC temperature range. This work should provide beneficial expansion of the current library of commercially available melt wire materials. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |
| Keywords |
High-Temperature Materials, Nuclear Materials, Thin Films and Interfaces |