| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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2024 Undergraduate Student Poster Contest
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| Presentation Title |
SPU-37: The Design of Alloys for the Circular Economy |
| Author(s) |
Ian Giblin, Eric Payton, Josh Maile, Yuval Noiman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ian Giblin |
| Abstract Scope |
Some elements, including many metals, are at risk or will soon be at risk of limited availability because of overconsumption. The purpose of this project was to work towards the design of sustainable alloys. Python was used to gather information, perform calculations, and plot data. Pandat, which calculates and simulates properties of alloys, was useful in determining whether alloys can be co-recycled or will act as contaminants. Functions were developed to calculate and visualize physical properties such as viscosity and phase fractions to see if alloys will become brittle, and data was used to show some metals may compromise the integrity of others when co-recycled. Computational tools can reduce the time required to perform calculations. These tools and the functions developed should be used in the future to assess potential applications of new alloys as well as their ability to be co-recycled, leading to the design of more sustainable alloys. |