Non-uniform cooling conditions within a casting lead to locally differing microstructures, which result in locally differing mechanical properties. These have a tremendous impact on the behavior of the parts under their application load conditions and regarding their life time. The virtual development of castings can, therefore, only be effective when the process simulation is integrated into i...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is responsible for managing its liabilities for redundant research reactors and other active facilities concerned with the development of the UK nuclear technology programme since 1947. These liabilities include irradiated graphite from a variety of different sources including low irradiation temperature reactor graphite (the Windscale Piles 1 & 2, British...

Although graphite is not a major waste form in LWR reactors it nevertheless represents a verysignificant problem in nuclear plant decommissioning for many of EPRI’s internationalmembers. Graphite is used as a moderator material in many reactor types, particularly the gascooled reactors in UK and France. It is also used for minor components such as fuel elementsleeves. In all the...

The electron dynamics in heterostructures formed by multilayer graphite and monolayer or bulk MoS2 were studied by femtosecond transient absorption measurements. Samples of monolayer MoS2-multilayer graphite and bulk MoS2-multilayer graphite were fabricated by exfoliation and dry transfer techniques. Ultrafast laser pulses were used to inject electron-hole pairs into monolayer or bulk MoS2. The...

Using classical molecular dynamics with a more reliable reactive LCBOPII potential, we have performed a detailed study on the direct graphite-to-diamond phase transition. Our results reveal a new so-called "wave-like buckling and slipping" mechanism, which controls the transformation from hexagonal graphite to cubic diamond. Based on this mechanism, we have explained how polycrystalline cubic d...

Graphite is commonly used in brake pads. The use of graphite powder has the main goal of solid state lubrication and friction coefficient stabilization. In this article results on resin bonded brake pads with focus on noise performance and heat dissipation are presented. Experimental tests are based on model friction materials with a known formulation and a reduced number of components for a be...

Original scientific paper Many contaminants appear in murals as time passes, which make the original mural blurred and difficult to recognize; therefore, extracting a clear graphite sketch of the mural is significant. In this study, we used invisible spectra, particularly near-infrared (NIR) bands, to detect the graphite information and strengthen the features of the mural information to obtain...

Polyamide-6 (PA-6)/graphite nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending, using a variety of graphites, including virgin graphite, expandable graphites and expanded graphite. The resulting nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, cone calorimetry, and tensile mechanical analysis. Nanocomposite formation does occur, as denoted by the nanometre dispersi...