Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Fusion -- Tungsten Rising
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Using additive manufacturing, scientists experimenting with tungsten at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to unlock new potential of the high-performance heat-transferring material used to protect components from the plasma inside a fusion reactor.
Fusion requires hydrogen isotopes to reach millions of degrees. Tungsten, the metal with the hi . . .
Using additive manufacturing, scientists experimenting with tungsten at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to unlock new potential of the high-performance heat-transferring material used to protect components from the plasma inside a fusion reactor.
Fusion requires hydrogen isotopes to reach millions of degrees. Tungsten, the metal with the hi . . .