UKAEA Papers

"The response of silicon carbide composites to He ion implantation and ramifications for use as a fusion reactor structural material"

• Max T. P. Rigby–Bell
• Alex J. Leide
• Slava Kuksenko
• Chris Smith
• Chris Bearcroft
• Gyula Zilahi
• Louise Gale
• Tony Razzell
• James Wade–Zhu
• Dave J. Bowden

Silicon carbide fibre–reinforced silicon carbide matrix (SiCf/SiC) composites are desirable in structural nuclear applications due to their low density, high temperature strength and tolerance to energetic radiation. We have subjected two industrial grades of SiCf/SiC to high energy He²⁺ ion irradiation, up to 10,000 a…

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