@article{ballan_thermal_2022,
	title = {Thermal and Structural Characterization of a Titanium Carbide/Carbon Composite for Nuclear Applications},
	volume = {15},
	issn = {1996-1944},
	url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/23/8358},
	doi = {10.3390/ma15238358},
	abstract = {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.},
	pages = {8358},
	number = {23},
	journaltitle = {Materials},
	shortjournal = {Materials},
	author = {Ballan, Michele and Corradetti, Stefano and Manzolaro, Mattia and Meneghetti, Giovanni and Andrighetto, Alberto},
	urldate = {2022-11-30},
	date = {2022-11-24},
	langid = {english},
	keywords = {scientific-publication},
}