| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Accelerated Discovery and Insertion of Next Generation Structural Materials
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| Presentation Title |
High-throughput Electric-Field-assisted Sintering and Characterization Techniques for Materials Discovery |
| Author(s) |
Michael J. Moorehead, Arin Preston, Zilong Hua, Jorgen Rufner |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael J. Moorehead |
| Abstract Scope |
Despite improvements in computing and modeling capabilities, the performance of new materials, particularly those which deviate greatly in composition from well-studied materials (e.g., high-entropy alloys), can be difficult to simulate given the lack of available experimental property data. While some modeling techniques may attempt to predict the properties of these exotic materials, most are forced to make extrapolations from more traditional materials. To fulfill the need for accelerated material synthesis and property measurement, a high-throughput methodology has been developed. Utilizing electric-field-assisted sintering (EFAS), also known as spark plasma sintering (SPS), equipped with custom tooling, samples of differing alloy compositions can be produced simultaneously as a single alloy array. Several arrays have been produced with compositions spanning the Co-Cr-Fe-Mn-Ni alloy family, including many high-entropy alloys, while the novel array geometry has enabled the samples to be polished and characterized in parallel, using X-ray diffraction, scanning-electron microscopy, and laser-based thermal diffusivity measurements. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
High-Entropy Alloys, Nuclear Materials, Powder Materials |