Project overview
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory leads this ARPA-E CHADWICK project with Baylor University and other partners. The team makes ferritic and vanadium alloys from pure powders dispersed with nanoparticles selected to increase strength and irradiation resistance.
Powder is sprayed and friction-stir processed onto a surface to form plates. This near-room-temperature solid-phase route avoids melting-related microstructural inhomogeneity and supports the development of structural materials for fusion environments.