Carbon cylinders for space probes.

Ceramic Industry | July 1, 1991 | Copyright

Carbon Cylinders for Space Probes

The Metals & Ceramics Div. at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., makes two important contributions to the U.S. outer planetary space exploration effort. One, which has received considerable regional publicity, is the production of iridium alloy cladding to protect the plutonium-238 isotope fuel. This fuel powers the information-gathering equipment aboard the space probes.

The other, which has not been publicized, is the production of carbon-bonded carbon fiber cylinders to insulate the fuel. This thermal ...

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