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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Looks like they have the full text PDF download here.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377104694_Ultrastrong_and_High_Thermal_Insulating_Porous_High-Entropy_Ceramics_up_to_2000C

Here's the conclusion:

In summary, we have successfully fabricated high-performance porous ceramics 9PHEBs with superior mechanical and thermal properties via a simple and effective UHTS technique. The combination of a high mechanical strength (≈337 MPa) at a porosity of ≈50% and a low thermal conductivity (≈0.76 W m−1 K−1) endows our 9PHEB materials with great potential as reliable thermal insulation. The superior mechanical and thermal properties are believed to result from the multiscale design: i) the ultrafine pores at the microscale, as well as strong connections and good interfaces between building blocks at the nanoscale, can be well constructed, owing to the ultrafast heating rate and ultrahigh temperature of the UHTS technique; ii) the severe fluctuations of the mass and strain fields induced by the large lattice distortion at the atomic scale, which simultaneously improves the stiffness of lattice and decreases the thermal conductivity of the ceramics by acting as phonon scattering barriers. Moreover, the synthesized 9PHEB show exceptional dimension and strength retention up to 2000 °C, making them suitable for use in extreme conditions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I understood some of those words.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I understood most of the words, especially the ones that get repeated the most like "and", "of", "the", "as" and even "a".

On a more serious note, concepts like "phonon" are interesting Wikipedia dives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Now this is the good hearty science and technology I come around for. Good work!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I bet its first use is going to be military...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How many civilian uses of hypersonic heat shields are there? I suppose maybe private space companies might be better interested, but I can’t think of any others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It might open the door for civilian ramjet engine usage, but you're right about the main reason why military use will be first.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Is it good against firestorm heavy assault missiles? How much power grid does it take?