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“#4-D printed thermite could make welding in space and combat zones easier, safer<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Neely\u2019s has welded iron (above) and copper with the 4D printed thermite paste. Credit: Vanderbilt University
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A recent mechanical engineering doctoral graduate has created a material for welding in extreme conditions that could minimize equipment needed and operator hazards.<\/p>\n

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The material\u2014a safe, stable, thermite paste\u2014can serve as a portable, programmable heat source for use in space, under water and in combat zones. The paste is 3-D-printed and deposited in patterns called reactive material architectures that can be controlled and directed.<\/p>\n

“I think it has a lot of potential,” said Neely, Ph.D. ’20. “You just print it, put it on the joint and light it.”
\nNeely, who starts her job as a propulsion engineer at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in August, successfully used the printed paste to heat solder to fuse aluminum, and, more recently, copper lap joints.
\nThe paste is about the consistency of peanut butter. The recipe starts with a well-mixed blend of iron oxide, aluminum powder and gypsum powder. Addition of water activates the gypsum powder as a binder; the paste begins to cure immedia<\/a>tely. Addition of tartaric acid to the water before mixing can slow down curing, but even then, working time is limited to less than 45 minutes or paste becomes too thick and sticky to print, Neely said.<\/p>\n

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\n The paste is printed in shapes called material reactive architectures that determine how and where it burns. Credit: Vanderbilt University
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Her thermite paste is safe to create, print and transport.
\n“If anything, I have an overdeveloped sense of safety,” Neely said.
\nOther researchers have developed printed reactive material that can be controlled at the nanoscale but only small amounts of it can be deposited, limiting how much energy can be used. At the macroscale, at least \u00bd millimeter, another app<\/a>roach uses fluoropolymer-based reactive materials but requires special techniques to synthesize the polymer and refine the filament so the material doesn’t ignite unintentionally.
\nIn her work Neely, who also received her BE in mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt, combined two interests\u20143-D printing, or in this case, 4-D printing\u2014and energetic materials. The extra dimension is time; a 4-D material transforms over time, reacting to an environmental stimulus such as humidity or temperature and changing form. She credits Alvin Strauss, professor of mechanical engineering, and Kevin Galloway, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Vanderbilt’s director of making, her Ph.D. advisers, work, for green-lighting the idea.
\nTheir study, “Soldered copper lap joints using reactive material architectures as a heat source,” was published in the April 2020 issue of Manufacturing Letters<\/i>.
\n“Additively Manufactured Reactive Material Architectures as a Programmable Heat Source,” which included foundational work, was published in August 2019 in 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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More information:<\/strong>
\n Kelsay E. Neely et al. Soldered copper lap joints using reactive material architectures as a heat source, Manufacturing Letters<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1016\/j.mfglet.2020.02.002<\/p>\n

Kelsay E. Neely et al. Additively Manufactured Reactive Material Architectures as a Programmable Heat Source, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing<\/i> (2019). DOI: 10.1089\/3dp.2018.0077<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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