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High Temperature Thermal Analysis of Graphite and Silicon Carbide with Millimeter-Wave Radiometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2011

Paul P. Woskov
Affiliation:
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 167 Albany Street, NW16-110, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
S. K. Sundaram
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, K6-24, Richland, WA 99352, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Millimeter-wave thermal analysis instrumentation is being developed for characterization of high temperature materials required for diverse fuel and structural needs in extreme high temperature reactor environments. A two-receiver 137 GHz system with orthogonal polarizations for anisotropic properties resolution has been implemented at MIT and is being tested with graphite and silicon carbide specimens at temperatures up to 1300ºC. Real time measurement sensitivity to submillimeter surface displacement and simulated anisotropic surface emissivity is demonstrated.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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