Metal Alloys that Can Take the Heat | Newswise: News for Journalists

Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj works at an atom probe tomography instrument at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This precision instrument can show the placement of atoms in tiny samples of materials, such as metal alloys.

« Metal Alloys that Can Take the Heat

Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Microscopic samples of complex metal alloy are placed on a sampling vessel to enter the atom probe tomography instrument.

« Metal Alloys that Can Take the Heat

Credit: (Image by Nathan Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Researchers have developed a tool to predict how new high-entropy alloys will behave under high-temperature oxidative environments. Development of new alloys is important for the aerospace and nuclear power industries.

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