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Isostatic Hot Pressed W-Cu Composites with Nanosized Grain Boundaries: Microstructure, Structure and Radiation Shielding Efficiency against Gamma Rays

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NANOMATERIALS
卷 12, 期 10, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12101642

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isostatic hot pressing; tungsten-copper composite; microstructure; structure; radiation shielding; gamma rays

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  1. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [075-15-2020-926]

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This study presents a new fast isostatic hot pressing method for fabricating W-Cu composites with nanosized grain boundaries and high effective density. The microstructure analysis shows that the samples have a polycrystalline well-packed structure, with copper acting as a matrix surrounding the tungsten grains. The W-Cu composites exhibit high shielding efficiency against gamma radiation in the 0.276-1.25 MeV energy range, making them excellent materials for radiation protection.
The W-Cu composites with nanosized grain boundaries and high effective density were fabricated using a new fast isostatic hot pressing method. A significantly faster method was proposed for the formation of W-Cu composites in comparison to the traditional ones. The influence of both the high temperature and pressure conditions on the microstructure, structure, chemical composition, and density values were observed. It has been shown that W-Cu samples have a polycrystalline well-packed microstructure. The copper performs the function of a matrix that surrounds the tungsten grains. The W-Cu composites have mixed bcc-W (sp. gr. Im (3) over bar m) and fcc-Cu (sp. gr. Fm (3) over bar m) phases. The W crystallite sizes vary from 107 to 175 nm depending on the sintering conditions. The optimal sintering regimes of the W-Cu composites with the highest density value of 16.37 g/cm(3) were determined. Tungsten-copper composites with thicknesses of 0.06-0.27 cm have been fabricated for the radiation protection efficiency investigation against gamma rays. It has been shown that W-Cu samples have a high shielding efficiency from gamma radiation in the 0.276-1.25 MeV range of energies, which makes them excellent candidates as materials for radiation protection.

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