TY - JOUR
AU - Heuer, Simon
AU - Pintsuk, G.
AU - Coenen, J. W.
TI - Ultra-fast sintered functionally graded Fe/W composites for the first wall of future fusion reactors
JO - Composites / B Engineering Part B
VL - 164
SN - 1359-8368
CY - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB - Elsevier
M1 - FZJ-2019-03855
SP - 205 - 214
PY - 2019
AB - Aiming at the realisation of nuclear fusion reactors, the joining of W and steel parts is currently examined. Based on proposalsto implement functionally graded steel/W materials (FGMs) in the joint to cope with thermal stresses, the present contributionintroduces a novel fabrication method for steel/WFGMs. Electro Discharge Sintering (EDS) was used to consolidate Fe/Wpowderswithin milliseconds at atmosphere. Due to the short process time, the formation of detrimental intermetallic Fe-W precipitates islimited compared to established fabrication methods.The current work first presents results of the Fe/W powder processing, then a feasibility study regarding the fabrication ofhomogeneous and graded Fe/W composites with W volume fractions of 0, 25, 50 and 75 % via EDS is presented. Lastly, thecomposites are characterised microstructurally, thermo-physically, and mechanically in detail.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000463297300023
DO - DOI:10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.11.078
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/863884
ER -