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An overview of the ESA-ESRF-ILL collaboration in the framework of the IMPRESS Integrated Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2018

G. Reinhart
Affiliation:
European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
G.N. Iles
Affiliation:
European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
G.J. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France
A.N. Fitch
Affiliation:
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
D.J. Jarvis
Affiliation:
European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Three intergovernmental research organizations from the EIROforum collaboration: the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), are cooperating to perform advanced experimental characterization in the field of materials science within the framework of the IMPRESS Integrated Project. This project aims to develop and test two distinct prototype-based intermetallic materials: (i) γ-TiAl turbine blades for aero-engines and stationary gas turbines, and (ii) Raney-type Ni-Al catalytic powder for use in hydrogen fuel cell electrodes and hydrogenation reactions. The opportunity to carry out investigations combining the use of both synchrotron radiation at the ESRF and neutrons at the ILL provides unique experimental data to complement other benchmark experiments performed on the ground and in microgravity. We present an overview of the different synchrotron X-ray and neutron characterization techniques implemented at ESRF and ILL to study the solidification and subsequent processes leading to the final products for these two materials.

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