Thermal Conductivity of Fine-Grained Nd:YAG/SiC Composite Ceramics for Inert Fuel Matrices

L. S. Alekseeva; Алексеева Л. С.; A. V. Nokhrin; Нохрин А. В.; A. I. Orlova; Орлова А. И.; M. S. Boldin; Болдин М. С.; E. A. Lantsev; Ланцев Е. А.; A. A. Murashov; Мурашов А. А.; V. N. Chuvil’deev; Чувильдеев В. Н.; A. A. Moskvichev; Москвичев А. А.

doi:10.31857/S0002337X23060027

Thermal Conductivity of Fine-Grained Nd:YAG/SiC Composite Ceramics for Inert Fuel Matrices

Authors: Alekseeva L.S.¹, Nokhrin A.V.², Orlova A.I.¹, Boldin M.S.², Lantsev E.A.², Murashov A.A.¹, Chuvil’deev V.N.², Moskvichev A.A.³
Affiliations:
1. Lobachevsky State University
2. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
3. Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 59, No 6 (2023)
Pages: 689-695
Section: Articles
URL: https://rjonco.com/0002-337X/article/view/668240
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002337X23060027
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/EKEGJU
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We have studied the thermophysical properties (specific heat, thermal diffusivity, and thermal conductivity) of fine-grained ceramic composites based on yttrium aluminum garnet, Y2.5Nd0.5Al5O12 (Nd:YAG), differing in silicon carbide (α-SiC) content. The thermal conductivity of the Nd:YAG/SiC composites has been shown to exceed that of CeO2/SiC and Nd:YAG/Ni composites. The high thermal conductivity of Nd:YAG/SiC is due to the formation of a grain microstructure with a bimodal grain size distribution, in which large garnet grains are surrounded by regions enriched in the high-thermal-conductivity phase α-SiC.

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ceramic, garnet, composite, thermal conductivity

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