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State-of-the-art understanding and researchers focussing on metals with hexagonal close packed structures

HexMat – a story of hexagonal metals used in aerospace and nuclear power

The EPSRC funded HexMat programme grant ran from 2013-2018 tasked develop state-of-the-art understanding and researchers focussing on metals with hexagonal close packed structures (predominantly titanium used for aerospace and zirconium for nuclear power). We drew together researchers from °®ÎÛ´«Ã½, the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester; and worked closely with major companies, including Westinghouse, EdF, Rolls-Royce, and Timet. In this video you can find out how the programme has provided the UK and global communities a huge step forward to realise more benefits from these hugely important engineering alloys.