Coating Systems Research Center - Coating Systems Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Name:	Alvin A. Solomon
Title:	Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Degrees:	Ph.D. Stanford University, Materials Science, 1968 M.S. University of Illinois, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1961 B.S. University of Illinois, Mechanical Engineering, 1959
Address:	School of Nuclear Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: (765) 494-5753, Fax: (765) 494-9570 E-Mail: solomon@ecn.purdue.edu Home page: http://NE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/NE/FAC_staff/solomon/

Recent Relevant Publications:

"Powder Processing of U-10Zr Nuclear Fuel," S. McDeavitt and A. A. Solomon, 1992 Powder Metallurgy World Congress (June 21-26, 1992).

"Processing of Silicon Carbide Whisker Reinforced Alumina by Slip Casting," W. Liu and A. A. Solomon, Published in the Symposium on Ceramic Matrix Composites, American Ceramic Society, 1966.

"Cavitation and the Monkman-Grant Relation in Different Ceramic Structures," W. Liu and A. A. Solomon, Published in the Symposium on Ceramic Matrix Composites, American Ceramic Society, 1996.

"Hot Isostatic Pressing of U-10Zr by a Coupled Grain Boundary Diffusion and Creep Mechanism," S. M. McDeavitt and A. A. Solomon, J. Nucl. Mater., 228, 184-200 (1996).

"Tensile Creep and Creep Damage of Monolithic Silicon Carbide Whisker Reinforced Alumina," W. Liu and A. A. Solomon, submitted to J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 1998.

"A New Method of Slip Casting CMC's with Dense Encapsulating Layers of Pure Ceramics," F. Zhang and A. A. Solomon, 100th Annual Meeting of the Amer. Ceram. Soc., May 2-7, 1998.

"Metal Matrix Electrocomposite Sleeves," D. Hu and A. A. Solomon, Steam Generator Strategic Management Workshop, EPRI 1998, June 9-11, 1998, Jackson Hole, WY.

"Encapsulation Slip Casting," F. Zhang and A. A. Solomon, to be submitted to Communications of the Amer. Ceram. Soc., 1998.

Short Summary:

We are working on new methods of producing a highly corrosion resistant and strong electrocomposite coatings using pure Nickel that is reinforced with strong continuous fibers to produce an in situ metal matrix composite coating. Such composites benefit from the resistance of pure metals to localized corrosion and from the strengthening effect of the fibers. We are also concerned with coatings to protect nuclear waste canisters against atmospheric and aqueous corrosion, and improved coatings for reactor containment, and reactor pressure vessels. Finally, we are studying NDE techniques to qualify coatings. Nickel, in particular, is ferromagnetic and does not permit eddy current evaluation. Therefore ultrasonic testing is being examined.

A second type of coating process has been developed for slip cast ceramic matrix composites called Encapsulation Slip Casting. The coatings are pure ceramics, and can permit hot isostatic pressing to high density, or can protect the composite reinforcements from oxidation at high temperatures.

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