How #nanocrystalline #materials are a potential class of #nuclear #materials? We show that a non-pure Cr-based MAX phase has high radiation resistance. Collab. between @HuddersfieldUni@HudCompEng@unileoben@metallurgie_mul Now at @ScienceAdvances https://bit.ly/3f8JzQc
Cracks and strains in a neutron irradiated graphitic material
Interesting paper on the effects of neutron irradiation in graphite materials. Great work by Dr Arregui-Mena @ORNL, collaboration with University of Manchester and Montanuniversitaet Leoben. Research led by @DrPhilEd and now at Materials&Design: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127521002264?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
A history of personal struggle that changed Physics
Ludwig Boltzmann versus the "stuck-in-the-mud" Viennese academy I am reading this marvelous piece of work by Professor David Lindley on the life and work of Ludwig Boltzmann. The biography of Ludwig Boltzmann is a topic that all scientists should pay attention on. Boltzmann was a scientist way ahead of its time, but what I did … Continue reading A history of personal struggle that changed Physics
Timelapse of the future of the universe
The vastness and the beauty of the universe one day will come to an end. Worthwhile to spend 30 minutes of your life to watch this marvelous video from @MelodySheep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA
This is Zircaloy-4: the material that revolutionized the nuclear industry.
This is from my archives (2013), I found this beautiful piece of video showing Zircaloy-4 being cut in a Lathe and firing up at the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, the place where I proudly did my master in metallurgy with focus in nuclear engineering and nuclear materials under Professor C.G. Schön! Beautiful … Continue reading This is Zircaloy-4: the material that revolutionized the nuclear industry.
Is entropy in high-entropy alloys materials science’s flat earth?
Important thoughts about "high-entropy" alloys...
Oumuamua: the mystery continues!
The mystery of ’Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed, continues to deepen. A new analysis argues that if it were a comet, it would have broken apart as it passed near the sun. Nice text by: Ramin Skibba (Quanta Magazine) https://getpocket.com/explore/item/interstellar-visitor-found-to-be-unlike-a-comet-or-an-asteroid?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Shooting high-power lasers through the stars!
Serving as principal scientist of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) project (aka Star Wars), Dr. Gerold Yonas was a pioneer scientist within the field of Materials at Extremes with a career which started at NASA's JPL and ended at the Sandia National Laboratories. With an impressive collection of scientific works in national security engineering, physicist … Continue reading Shooting high-power lasers through the stars!
Hello Martian’s Jarosite?
Astonishing images from the Red Planet, sent back to us by the NASA's Perseverance probe! What a great moment in science! Mars and its extreme environment it is, of course, a materials at extremes challenge. Coming back to this soon! NASA has set-up a website to share images from the rover Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/
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