Matthew Szott
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
16 Papers
33 Citations
Matthew Szott is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liquid metal & Lithium. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Lithium, a path to make fusion energy affordable
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the technological, physics, and economic basis for a magnetic fusion device utilizing a flowing liquid lithium divertor (molten metal velocity in the range of cm/s) and operating in a low recycling plasma regime.
Wetting properties of liquid lithium on lithium compounds
S.A. Krat,S.A. Krat,A.S. Popkov,A.S. Popkov,Yu. M. Gasparyan,A. A. Pisarev,P. Fiflis,Matthew Szott,Michael Christenson,Kishor Kalathiparambil,David N. Ruzic +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the surface tension of solid lithium compounds (lithium nitride, oxide, and carbonate) was measured by means of contact angle measurements, defined as the temperature above which the contact angle is less than 90°.
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Free surface stability of liquid metal plasma facing components
TL;DR: In this paper, a new theory based on a modified set of the shallow water equations is presented which accurately predicts the stability of the lithium surface under plasma exposure, which is a departure from previous theories based on linear perturbation analysis.
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Downstream plasma transport and metal ionization in a high-powered pulsed-plasma magnetron
TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D scanning triple Langmuir probe was used to characterize the temporal evolution and spatial distribution of electron density (ne) and temperature (Te) in a high-powered pulsed-plasma magnetron.
Wetting of liquid lithium on fusion-relevant materials microtextured by femtosecond laser exposure
Sabrina Hammouti,Brandon Holybee,Michael Christenson,Matthew Szott,Kishor Kalathiparambil,Steven Stemmley,Brian E. Jurczyk,David N. Ruzic +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of femtosecond laser induced nanostructured surfaces on the wetting degree of liquid lithium versus temperature was explored and the effect of both laser induced topography and chemistry were quantified to explain the observed liquid lithium contact angles on each material.
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