Mesostructure of graphite composite and its lifetime

TL;DR

This review discusses the structure, electrical properties, production, and failure mechanisms of graphite composites, emphasizing their applications in nuclear technology and recent scientific advancements.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the current understanding of graphite composites' mesostructure and their lifetime, integrating original results with recent technological challenges.

Findings

Graphite composites exhibit specific mesostructural features affecting their durability.

Electrical properties are closely linked to the graphite's mesostructure.

Understanding destruction dynamics is crucial for nuclear applications.

Abstract

This review is devoted to the application of graphite and graphite composites in science and technology. Structure and electrical properties, as so technological aspects of producing of high strength artificial graphite and dynamics of its destruction are considered. These type of graphite are traditionally used in the nuclear industry. Generally, the review relies, on the original results and concentrates on actual problems of application and testing of graphite materials in modern nuclear physics and science and its technology applications. Translated by author from chapter 2 of the Russian monograph by Zhmurikov E.I., Bubnenkov I.A., Pokrovsky A.S. et al. Graphite in Science and Nuclear Technique// eprint arXiv:1307.1869, 07/2013 (BC 2013arXiv1307.1869Z