Dr Claire Utton
MEng, PhD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Fellow
+44 114 215 7099
Full contact details
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Claire completed her PhD on the ‘Encapsulation of a BaCO3 waste in composite cement’ in 2007 and subsequently worked at the French Atomic Energy Commission, the Institute of Transuranium Elements and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in the areas of durability of encapsulated waste and thermodynamic modelling of nuclear fuels.
She has since returned to Sheffield and is currently working in the area of thermodynamic modelling of refractory metals for turbine blade applications.
- Research interests
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"My research interests are based around using thermodynamic modelling to predict the behaviour of materials, under nominal and extreme conditions. This includes developing thermodynamic databases using the Calphad method supported by key experiments (e.g. measuring the thermodynamic and physical properties of materials).
In addition, based on my PhD work I have an active interest in waste encapsulation and cement science, in particular in the development of novel cement systems and the durability of encapsulated wastes.
My current project is sponsored by Rolls Royce and EPSRC. I am using thermodynamic modelling to predict the properties of multi-component niobium silicide-based alloys, which are next-generation materials for turbine blades for aerospace or energy applications."
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Successful prediction of the elastic properties of multiphase high entropy alloys in the AlTiVCr-Si system through a novel computational approach. Materialia, 21, 101365-101365.
- Pyro processing cement kiln bypass dust : enhancing clinker phase formation. Construction and Building Materials, 259. View this article in WRRO
- On the microstructure and properties of Nb-18Si-6Mo-5Al-5Cr-2.5W-1Hf Nb-silicide based alloys with Ge, Sn and Ti additions (at.%). Materials, 13(20).
- On the microstructure and properties of Nb-12Ti-18Si-6Ta-5Al-5Cr-2.5W-1Hf (at.%) silicide-based alloys with Ge and Sn additions. Materials, 13(17).
- On the microstructure and properties of Nb-12Ti-18Si-6Ta-2.5W-1Hf (at.%) silicide-based alloys with Ge and Sn additions. Materials, 13(7). View this article in WRRO
- A study of the effect of 5 at.% Sn on the micro-structure and isothermal oxidation at 800 and 1200 °C of Nb-24Ti-18Si based alloys with Al and/or Cr additions. Materials, 13(1). View this article in WRRO
- Ab initio study of ternary W5Si3 type TM5Sn2X compounds (TM = Nb, Ti and X = Al, Si). Materials, 12(19). View this article in WRRO
- Phase equilibria in the Nb-rich region of Al-Nb-Sn at 900 and 1200 °C. Materials, 12(17). View this article in WRRO
- Microstructures and isothermal oxidation of the alumina scale forming Nb1.45Si2.7Ti2.25Al3.25Hf0.35 and Nb1.35Si2.3Ti2.3Al3.7Hf0.35 alloys. Materials, 12(5). View this article in WRRO
- Microstructures and Isothermal Oxidation of the Alumina Scale Forming Nb1.7Si2.4Ti2.4Al3Hf0.5 and Nb1.3Si2.4Ti2.4Al3.5Hf0.4 Alloys. Materials, 12(2). View this article in WRRO
- A study of the effects of Hf and Sn on the microstructure, hardness and oxidation of Nb-18Si silicide based alloys without Ti addition. Materials, 11(12). View this article in WRRO
- A study of the effect of 2 at.% Sn on the microstructure and isothermal oxidation at 800 and 1200 °C of Nb-24Ti-18Si-based alloys with Al and/or Cr additions. Materials, 11(10). View this article in WRRO
- A study of the effects of Al, Cr, Hf, and Ti additions on the microstructure and oxidation of Nb-24Ti-18Si silicide based alloys. Materials, 11(9). View this article in WRRO
- Experimental and thermodynamic assessment of the Ge-Nb-Si ternary phase diagram. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 717, 303-316. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of Ti and temperature on the stability of Nb 5 Si 3 phases: a first-principles study. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 18(1), 467-479. View this article in WRRO
- On the Nb-Ge Binary System. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(12), 5526-5536.
- Ab initio investigation of the Nb–Al system. Computational Materials Science, 107, 116-121.
- Ab initio investigation of the intermetallics in the Nb–Sn binary system. Acta Materialia, 86, 23-33.
- Ab Initio Study of Binary and Ternary Nb3(X,Y) A15 Intermetallic Phases (X,Y = Al, Ge, Si, Sn). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(2), 566-576.
- Ab initio study of the intermetallics in Nb–Si binary system. Intermetallics, 54, 125-132.
- Carbonation of composite cements with high mineral admixture content used for radioactive waste encapsulation. Minerals Engineering, 59, 107-114.
- The effects of BaSO4 loading on OPC cementing system for encapsulation of BaSO4 scale from oil and gas industry. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 261, 11-20.
- Corrosion of aluminium metal in OPC- and CAC-based cement matrices. Cement and Concrete Research, 50, 11-18.
- Formation of alteration products during dissolution of vitrified ILW in a high-pH calcium-rich solution. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 442(1-3), 33-45.
- Dissolution of vitrified wastes in a high-pH calcium-rich solution. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 435(1-3), 112-122.
- Phosphate modified calcium aluminate cement for radioactive waste encapsulation. Advances in Applied Ceramics, 112(1), 1-8.
- Chemical durability of vitrified wasteforms: Effects of pH and solution composition. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(8), 2919-2930.
- Interaction between BaCO3 and OPC/BFS composite cements at 20 °C and 60 °C. Cement and Concrete Research.
- Laser melting of uranium carbides. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 385(2), 443-448.
- Effect of temperatures up to 90°C on the early hydration of Portland-blastfurnace slag cements. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91(3), 948-954.
- Reactions in cemented nuclear waste forms - The need for a toolbox of different cement types. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 932, 673-680.
Conference proceedings papers
- Effect of hydrothermal condition on PC-BaSO4 system as a high density support matrix for deep borehole geological disposal of nuclear wastes. Young Researchers Forum II: Construction Materials. London, UK, 19 February 2014 - 19 February 2014.
- Investigation on the immobilisation of carbon in OPC-BFS and OPC-PFA systems. SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXXI, Vol. 1107 (pp 143-150)
- Successful prediction of the elastic properties of multiphase high entropy alloys in the AlTiVCr-Si system through a novel computational approach. Materialia, 21, 101365-101365.