Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Refractory Alloys

Refractory metals such as W, Mo, Ta, Nb, and Re have immense potential for application in plasma-facing materials in nuclear reactors, defense materials, aviation counterweights, heating elements in furnaces, and so forth. This book presents a wide perspective of oxide dispersion strengthened refractory alloys fabrication and critical properties. It provides a comprehensive road map for an appropriate basis for alloy design, process parameter selection, fabrication route, and deformation behavior for oxide dispersion strengthened refractory alloys. It further covers achievement of application-oriented properties and critical process-regulating parameters for development of sustainable materials.

Features:

• Covers development of oxide dispersion strengthened sustainable material to withstand high-temperature environments
• Describes stimulating application-oriented final mechanical properties
• Illustrates fabrication of alloys through effective route to achieve desired properties
• Presents in-depth explanation of deformation behavior at ambient and high temperatures
• Explores critical applications of the alloys in nuclear reactors, defense, and aviation sectors

Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Refractory Alloys will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in high-temperature materials, mechanics, metallurgy, powder metallurgy, and physical metallurgy.

Anshuman Patra is an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He has 5 years industrial experience in the ferrous and aluminum industries. He has won several awards and accolades, including a university medal for 1st position in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering during his undergraduate study, the Indranil Award from the Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India, and Zero Abnormality monitoring and Kaizen awards during his tenure in the aluminum industry. He has published more than 20 research publications in international journals, has been the author and co-author of two books and has also delivered several invited talks. He is on the review board of several reputed journals and has also been certified as an outstanding reviewer by several Elsevier journals. He is also a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association, the Powder Metallurgy Association of India, and the Indian Institute of Metals. His research interests include high temperature metals and alloys, sintering, powder metallurgical processing, oxide dispersion and strengthened refractory alloys.