The present invention relates to nuclear fuel compositions including uranium dioxide with integral fuel burnable absorber, and triuranium disilicide and a composite of uranium mononitride and triuranium disilicide with or without integral fuel burnable absorber, and methods of sintering these compositions. The sintering is conducted using SPS/FAST apparatus and techniques. The sintering time and temperature is reduced using SPS/FAST as compared to conventional sintering methods for nuclear fuel compositions. The nuclear fuel compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in light water reactors.

A metal powder in which a coating made of one or more types of elements selected from Gd, Ho, Lu, Mo, Nb, Os, Re, Ru, Tb, Tc, Th, Tm, U, V, W, Y, Zr, Cr, Rh, Hf, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm and Ti is formed on a surface of a copper or copper alloy powder, wherein a thickness of the coating is 5 nm or more and 500 nm or less. A metal powder for metal additive manufacturing based on the laser method which can be efficiently melted with a laser while maintaining the high conductivity of copper or copper alloy, and a molded object produced by using such metal powder are provided.

A metal powder in which a coating made of one or more types of elements selected from Gd, Ho, Lu, Mo, Nb, Os, Re, Ru, Tb, Tc, Th, Tm, U, V, W, Y, Zr, Cr, Rh, Hf, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm and Ti is formed on a surface of a copper or copper alloy powder, wherein a thickness of the coating is 5 nm or more and 500 nm or less. A metal powder for metal additive manufacturing based on the laser method which can be efficiently melted with a laser while maintaining the high conductivity of copper or copper alloy, and a molded object produced by using such metal powder are provided.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide copper alloy particles or the like, wherein, by sufficiently melting an irradiation region with heat generated through the irradiation of a laser beam during manufacturing in particular, a layer-manufactured product can be obtained, which has low porosity (void fraction), and excellent corrosion resistance and fatigue characteristics.

Copper alloy particles 1 of the present disclosure are used as an Additive Manufacturing material by irradiation with a laser beam having a wavelength of 1.2 m or less, and have an average particle diameter of 50 m or less, wherein a light absorption rate of the material is 6% or more.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide copper alloy particles or the like, wherein, by sufficiently melting an irradiation region with heat generated through the irradiation of a laser beam during manufacturing in particular, a layer-manufactured product can be obtained, which has low porosity (void fraction), and excellent corrosion resistance and fatigue characteristics.

Copper alloy particles 1 of the present disclosure are used as an Additive Manufacturing material by irradiation with a laser beam having a wavelength of 1.2 m or less, and have an average particle diameter of 50 m or less, wherein a light absorption rate of the material is 6% or more.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of high throughput preparation and hot working of materials, and in particular to a high throughput micro-synthesis method of multi-component materials based on the temperature gradient field controlled by microwave energy. This invention, characterized by flexible material selection, quick temperature rising and high-efficient heating, uses microwave heating both to achieve quick preparation of small block combinatorial materials under the same temperature field in one time and to realize micro-synthesis under the different temperature gradient fields in one time including high-throughput sintering-melting and heat treatment of materials. This invention successfully overcomes drawbacks of current material preparation, such as unitary combination of components, low-efficient external heating, unique control temperature, huge material consumption and high cost during material preparation and heat treatment.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of high throughput preparation and hot working of materials, and in particular to a high throughput micro-synthesis method of multi-component materials based on the temperature gradient field controlled by microwave energy. This invention, characterized by flexible material selection, quick temperature rising and high-efficient heating, uses microwave heating both to achieve quick preparation of small block combinatorial materials under the same temperature field in one time and to realize micro-synthesis under the different temperature gradient fields in one time including high-throughput sintering-melting and heat treatment of materials. This invention successfully overcomes drawbacks of current material preparation, such as unitary combination of components, low-efficient external heating, unique control temperature, huge material consumption and high cost during material preparation and heat treatment.

In an example, an apparatus includes processing circuitry comprising a model assessment module to identify an indication of a conductive element within object model data representing an object to be printed and a print instruction module to generate print instructions to generate the object. The print instructions may include an instruction to print conductive agent to form the conductive element and an instruction to print a fusing agent comprising an instruction to reduce an amount of fusing agent to be printed in a region of the conductive element compared to at least one other region of the object.

In an example, an apparatus includes processing circuitry comprising a model assessment module to identify an indication of a conductive element within object model data representing an object to be printed and a print instruction module to generate print instructions to generate the object. The print instructions may include an instruction to print conductive agent to form the conductive element and an instruction to print a fusing agent comprising an instruction to reduce an amount of fusing agent to be printed in a region of the conductive element compared to at least one other region of the object.

The invention concerns the field of hardmetal materials and relates to hardmetals such as those which can, for example, be used as cutting material for tools. The object of the present invention is to specify hardmetals which include a novel concept for the structural composition of the hardmetals. The object is attained with hardmetals which are at least made up of hard phases in particle form and metal binder arranged therebetween, wherein a high-entropy hard phase (HEH) is composed of at least four metals (Me) of the 4th and/or 5th and/or 6th subgroup of the PTE in the form of a solid solution of carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, oxycarbides, and/or oxycarbonitrides of the metals, wherein the respective amounts of the metals in the HEH are essentially equal.