Research and development of high temperature materials for industry

This book is the result of a study carried out by the Joint Research Centre, Petten Establishment, The Netherlands, and reviews materials requirements in high temperature technologies from aspects of potential and performance limits of new and conventional high temperature materials and operational constraints imposed by high temperature technologies and identification of materials shortfalls. The contents of the book are divided into three sections: Materials potential: production and processing - to provide a developers outlook; Materials constraints in the high temperature industrial technologies, optimization of components - giving the viewpoint of materials users, and of plant and component designers; and research trends in industrial development, constraints - to focus upon future orientations and research needs.