Refractory Metals and Composites

The following topics will be addressed during the 20th Plansee Seminar:

1.   Applications
1.1.   Transportation
1.2.   Electronics
1.3.   Thermal management
1.4.   Lighting technology
1.5.   Medical technology
1.6.   Power engineering
1.7.   Chemical engineering
1.8.   Coating technology
1.9   Joining technology
1.10.   Metal, glass, and ceramics production
1.11.   High temperature furnaces and devices
1.12.   New areas
     
2.   Materials
2.1.   Refractory metals and alloys, composites, laminates, and functionally graded materials
2.2.   High entropy alloys (HEA) based on refractory metals
2.2.   Refractory metals based intermetallics
     
3.   Powder
3.1.   Powder production and processes
3.2.   Extractive metallurgy
3.3.   Recycling
     
4.   P/M processes
4.1.   Mixing, alloying, and doping
4.2.   Compaction, forming, and near net shaping
4.3.   Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping
4.4.   Sintering and infiltration
4.5.   Hot isostatic pressing, hot pressing, and spark plasma sintering
4.6.   New consolidation processes
4.7.   Surface engineering and coating
4.8.   Joining
     
5.   Simulation and Modeling
5.1.   Materials and microstructure
5.2.   Stresses and deformation
5.3.   Failure and reliability
5.4.   Oxidation and corrosion
5.5.   Constitutive and multiscale modeling
5.6   Components and devices
5.7.   Data processing
     
6.   Characterization and Testing
6.1.   Microstructure
6.2.   3D and nanoscale characterization
6.3.   Destructive and nondestructive inspection