Novel SiC/C composite targets for the production of radioisotopes for nuclear applications

Silvestroni, Laura; Corradetti, S.; Manzolaro, M.; Ballan, M.; Cesarotto, Dario; Sciti, Diletta; Zoli, Luca

doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.07.017

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“…This rising behavior is ascribable to the presence of the dispersed graphite phase and was also observed for other composites with a graphite dispersion within a carbide matrix [ 24 , 34 , 35 ]. In addition, a similar range of thermal conductivity was also measured for a high-porosity silicon carbide in previous works [ 36 ].…”

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Thermal and Structural Characterization of a Titanium Carbide/Carbon Composite for Nuclear Applications

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In the framework of ISOL (isotope separation on-line) facilities, porous carbides are among the most employed target materials for the production of radioactive ion beams for research. As foreseen by the ISOL technique, a production target is impinged by an energetic particle beam, inducing nuclear reactions from such an interaction. The resulting radionuclides are subsequently released, thanks to the high target working temperature (1600–2000 °C); ionized; and extracted into a beam. Since the target microstructure and porosity play a fundamental role in the radionuclide release efficiency, custom-made target materials are often specifically produced, resulting in unknown thermal and structural properties. Considering that such targets might undergo intense thermal stresses during operation, a thermal and structural characterization is necessary to avoid target failure under irradiation. In the presented work, a custom-made porous titanium carbide that was specifically designed for application as an ISOL target was produced and characterized. The thermal characterization was focused on the evaluation of the material emissivity and thermal conductivity in the 600–1400 °C temperature range. For the estimation of a reference material tensile stress limit, the virtual thermoelastic parameter approach was adopted. In particular, for the aforementioned temperature range, an emissivity between 0.7 and 0.8 was measured, whereas a thermal conductivity between 8 and 10 W/mK was estimated.

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