Research Team: A/Prof. Pramod Koshy, Prof. Charles Sorrell, Dr. Ondrej Muransky (ANSTO), Dr. Rohan Holmes (ANSTO), Dr. Sonya Slater (DSTG), Dr. Christopher Wood, (DSTG), Vienna Wong (PhD Student)
Industry Partner: ANSTO/DSTG
Timeframe: 2022 – 2025
Objectives
Objectives
- Development, and assessment of UHTCs with focus on the effect of processing routes (on the densification, grain growth, and high-temperature strength.
- Characterisation using various diffraction and microscopy techniques in order to investigate the additives- processing-structure relationship.
- Selective samples will be subjected to further high- temperature testing, including the investigation of the kinetics of the oxide layer formation on the surface of prepared UHTCs during an exposure to extreme temperatures in oxidising environments.
- Exploration of scalability (upscaling) of the developed processing routes and near-net shape part production for industrial applications.