Tungsten Wire—From Lamp Filaments to Reinforcement Fibers for Composites in Fusion Reactors

• Published in: Advanced engineering materials Vol. 26; no. 19
• Main Authors: Riesch, Johann, Fuhr, Maximilian, Almanstötter, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2024
• Subjects: composites; fiber‐reinforcement; lamp filaments; nuclear fusion; tungsten; wire

The use of drawn tungsten wire marked a breakthrough in electric lighting which led to a significant advancement in human society and technology. Nowadays, thermal light sources using tungsten filaments are being more and more replaced by semiconductor‐based light‐emitting diodes (LEDs). Despite the...