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2021

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Additive Manufacturing Of Miniaturized Peak Temperature Monitors For In-Pile Applications, Kiyo T. Fujimoto, Yaqiao Wu, David Estrada Nov 2021

Additive Manufacturing Of Miniaturized Peak Temperature Monitors For In-Pile Applications, Kiyo T. Fujimoto, Yaqiao Wu, David Estrada

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Passive monitoring techniques have been used for peak temperature measurements during irradiation tests by exploiting the melting point of well-characterized materials. Recent efforts to expand the capabilities of such peak temperature detection instrumentation include the development and testing of additively manufactured (AM) melt wires. In an effort to demonstrate and benchmark the performance and reliability of AM melt wires, we conducted a study to compare prototypical standard melt wires to an AM melt wire capsule, composed of printed aluminum, zinc, and tin melt wires. The lowest melting-point material used was Sn, with a melting point of approximately 230 °C, Zn …