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DOE OSTI2023

Fundamental R&D for high-Q0 650 MHz SRF cavities for hadron linacs

Upcoming projects requiring high-Q0 ~650 MHz elliptical cavities, such as MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams’ energy upgrade and Fermilab’s PIP-II, drive a need to better understand RF losses due to magnetic flux. With sample sets from two different Niobium vendors, we explore the efficacy of the fast-cooldown method, and high- temperature annealing in promoting flux expulsion. Additionally, we report the results of vertical tests comparing the effect of electropolishing and furnace baking treatments on the cavity flux sensitivity. We also directly measure the flux pinning force in niobium samples, and correlate it with different heat treatments, and flux expulsion performance.

K.McGee, K.McGee↗
DOE OSTI2023

Probing Fundamental Mechanisms of Plastic Deformation with High Energy X-rays (Final Progress Report)

Overall, substantial progress was made on developing BCDI techniques in the direction of imaging defects in multi-crystal samples. Section 2.1 describes a new method to reconstruct the 3D atomic displacement field within a grain from multiple coherently resolved diffraction peaks. The key development is the ability to recover a best fit to the grain shape at the same time as the internal displacement (strain) variation with no prior knowledge of the microstructure. This is complemented by the development of a method, Sec. 2.2, to separate out sets of Laue reflections that belong to a single grain (and thus be able to index its orientation) in the commonly encountered situation in which the beam illuminates several grains in a given location. This is essential for enabling collection of coherent diffraction data (at APS 34-ID-C) from neighboring grains. All experiments depend on the quality of samples used. Although good progress has been made with thin film samples, we are working with a broader range of geometries. A new sample design uses a high-Z metal (e.g., Pt) deposited in a sub-micron trench in a low-Z metal (e.g., Al) so that the grain size is prevented from exceeding the current limit for BCDI. We also report in section 3.1 on successfully applying NF-HEDM to a fine-grain Mg sample that would normally be considered out of scope for the method. This represents progress towards being able to map out polycrystalline samples in 3D before performing BCDI on individual grains. We further report in section 3.2 on preliminary NF-HEDM characterization of a sample of UO2 that has sub-micron grains; the data imply the capability of mapping fine-grain polycrystals at 1-ID-E, again for the purposes of BCDI in the bulk. Lastly, our plan is to load grains in polycrystalline samples by inducing thermal stress. We also report the experimental measurements of the Ti- 6Al-4V alloy obtained at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), which had been indexed and mapped via HEDM at APS in section 9. As discussed below, however, technique development pre-occupied the team throughout the project which meant that we did not make any significant progress towards answering the original hypotheses as stated in the proposal. In summary, we assert that we have made good progress in methods and samples and future work taking advantage of this progress is likely to obtain and analyze BCDI data from multiple adjacent grains in 3D polycrystals. Obtaining such data depends on re-gaining access to the Advanced Photon Source, which is anticipated in late summer or the Fall. In all cases, work has involved close collaboration with faculty, staff, postdocs and students from Brigham Young University (BYU), the Los Alamos National Laboratory and APS beamlines 1-ID and 34-ID.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2024

Fundamental Science for Enhancing the Durability of Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuels Production

During the award period, we performed a series of investigations to address a key bottleneck in solar-driven fuel production, which is materials stability. Regardless of the activity of electrocatalysts or selectivity of products, or efficiency of the light absorbers, if the systems are not stable then there is no ultimate technological relevance for solar fuels production. Degradation of semiconductor photoelectrodes is a well-known, long-recognized impediment to implementation of practical stable solar fuels systems. Thus, we aimed to define the thermodynamics and kinetics of the (electro)chemical processes that underpin corrosion of semiconductor photoelectrodes. We also sought to develop protective coatings and kinetic control strategies to extend durability of semiconductor photoelectrodes.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2024

Nuclear Criticality Safety Fundamentals [Slides]

Objectives: Become more familiar with concepts related to nuclear criticality and nuclear criticality safety; Understand the parameters that affect criticality and ways in which they can be changed; and, Understand the role workers, management, and NCS staff have in ensuring criticality safety.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗
DOE OSTI2017

International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, FOA14

The Travel Grant was announced via the conference web site, as well as advertised by email to the subscribers of International Adsorption Society and AIChE Area 2E members. The application process was collected through Google Form, including the short application letters, with the PI managing the correspondence. As a result 25 awardees were selected, who came from a diverse set of academic institutions across the country, including University of Montana, Texas Tech University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Missouri University of Science and Technology and others. The awardees were requested to share their experience at the conference in the form of a short report.

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗
DOE OSTI2024

TSQP Fundamentals [Slides]

This presentation contains training materials for use during live, instructor led TSQP (Training Staff Qualification Program) courses.

96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION↗
DOE OSTI2024

TSQP Fundamentals Interactive Notebook

This electronic notebook will guide you through this course. Here you will find the slide information, space for note taking, knowledge checks, and activities. If you have any questions regarding the functioning of this notebook, please don’t hesitate to ask your instructor.

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗
DOE OSTI2024

Combinatorial Membrane Synthesis: Fundamentals of Hybrid Metal-Organic Brush (MOB) Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration (Renewal)

(a) Goals: The goals of our current 3-year research project are (i) expansion of the novel modification technique Single Electron Transfer- Living Radical Polymerization (SET-LRP) to graft polymer brushes on a polyimide stable support followed by characterization and testing of the ensuing membrane (ii) stiffen brush network utilizing (a) metal organic frameworks and (b) covalent bonds formed as a result of crosslinking the grafted brush network. (b) Approach: The approach taken for this research was: (i) to graft branches terminated with a carboxyl group on each bristle (or bristle branch) allowing (a) metal immobilization to form MOF-like structures between branches or (b) crosslink bristles using aliphatic or aromatic diamines; (ii) to test the performance of the membranes using organic dyes, pure solvents (alcohols) and industrially relevant organic solvent separations; and (iii) to characterize these modified brush membranes. (c) Findings: The significant findings from the past one year are summarized below (papers resulting from this work are listed below and in D. PUBLICATIONS and relevant references are found in E. REFERENCES.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗