Description of need
FLiBe is being considered as a liquid Fusion breeding blanket material for the SPARC tokamak reactor. It is highly corrosive, prompting the need for materials that can resist FLiBe corrosion.
Problem severity (1-10)
Who has this need
- Fusion reactor companies
Total addressable market (TAM)
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
Potentially relevant capabilities
Adding impurities to molten salts to prevent crack propagation
References
- MIT News article about FLiBe