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Title: High-temperature strain cell for tomographic imaging

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to the high temperature mechanical testing of materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing an apparatus. The apparatus may include a chamber. The chamber may comprise a top portion and a bottom portion, with the top portion and the bottom portion each joined to a window material. A first cooled fixture and a second cooled fixture may be mounted to the chamber and configured to hold the sample in the chamber. A plurality of heating lamps may be mounted to the chamber and positioned to heat the sample. The sample may be placed in the first and the second cooled fixtures. The sample may be heated to a specific temperature using the heating lamps. Radiation may be directed though the window material, the radiation thereafter interacting with the sample and exiting the chamber through the window material.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1184563
Patent Number(s):
9057681
Application Number:
14/081,948
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

MacDowell, Alastair A., Nasiatka, James, Haboub, Abdel, Ritchie, Robert O., and Bale, Hrishikesh A. High-temperature strain cell for tomographic imaging. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
MacDowell, Alastair A., Nasiatka, James, Haboub, Abdel, Ritchie, Robert O., & Bale, Hrishikesh A. High-temperature strain cell for tomographic imaging. United States.
MacDowell, Alastair A., Nasiatka, James, Haboub, Abdel, Ritchie, Robert O., and Bale, Hrishikesh A. Tue . "High-temperature strain cell for tomographic imaging". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1184563.
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