Dr Pedro Antonio Ferreirós

Dr Pedro Antonio Ferreirós

School of Metallurgy and Materials
Research Fellow (Bcc-superalloys: Engineering Resilience to Extreme Environments)

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Telephone
07754629587
Email
p.ferreiros@bham.ac.uk
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Dr Pedro A. Ferreirós is an experimental metallurgist focused on the design and development of new alloys for nuclear power reactors and gas turbines.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Science and Technology 2016
  • MSc in Materials Science and Technology 2013
  • Mechanical Engineer 2010

Biography

As a mechanical engineer, he completed his PhD in materials science in 2016 at the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) in Argentina, where he worked as a researcher until 2020. During those years he was Lecturer in "Solidification" and "Metal Forming" at the Sabato Institute (Argentina). In 2021, as a Research Fellow, he joined the Alloys for Extreme Environments group of the School of Metallurgy & Materials to develop zirconium base alloys, ferritic superalloys and high entropy alloys.
Analytical/experimental techniques employed: TEM, SEM, EDS, XRD, DSC, EPMA, melting (by arc & induction), mechanical testing, and others.

Research

Current projects

  • Bcc-superalloys: Engineering Resilience to Extreme Environments
  • High Temperature Zirconium Alloys for Nuclear Fusion and Generation IV Fission Reactors

Publications

P.A. Ferreirós, S.O. von Tiedemann, N. Parkes, D. Gurah, D.J.M. King, P. Norman, M. R. Gilbert, A.J. Knowles. (2023), VNbCrMo refractory high-entropy alloy for nuclear applications. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 113:106200.

P.A. Ferreirós, A.A. Becerra, U.A. Sterin, M.C. Ávalos, R.E. Bolmaro, G.H. Rubiolo (2023), Microstructure evolution by thermomechanical processing in the Fe-10Al-12V superalloy. MDPI Alloys, 2:29-43.

P.A. Ferreirós, U.A. Sterin, P.R. Alonso, A.J. Knowles, G.H. Rubiolo (2022). Influence of precipitate and grain sizes on the brittle-to-ductile transition in Fe–Al–V bcc-L21 ferritic superalloys. Materials Science and Engineering A, 856:144031.

P.A. Ferreirós, E.C. Savoy Polack, L.A. Lanzani, P.R. Alonso, P.D. Quirós, J.I. Mieza, E. Zelaya, A.J. Knowles, G.H. Rubiolo (2022). Study of Microstructure, Hydrogen Solubility, and Corrosion of Ta-Modified Zr–1Nb Alloys for Nuclear Applications. TMS 2022 151st Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings, Minerals, Metals and Materials Series 1352-1362.

P.A. Ferreirós, E.C. Savoy Polack, L.A. Lanzani, P.R. Alonso, P.D. Quirós, J.I. Mieza, G.H. Rubiolo (2021). Effects of thermo-mechanical process on phase transitions, hydrogen solubility and corrosion of Ta-modified Zr-1Nb alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 553:153039.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, D.P. Quirós, E. Zelaya, G.H. Rubiolo (2020). Accurate quantitative EDS-TEM analysis of precipitates and matrix in equilibrium (α+β) Zr-1Nb alloys with Ta addition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 847:156372.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, G.H. Rubiolo (2019). Effect of Ti additions on phase transitions, lattice misfit, coarsening, and hardening mechanisms in a Fe2AlV-strengthened ferritic alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 806:683-697.

P.A. Ferreirós, G.H. Rubiolo (2018). A whole pattern iterative refinement method for powder X-ray diffraction spectra of two-phase coherent alloys. Journal of Materials Science, 53:2802-2811.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, P.H. Gargano, G.H. Rubiolo (2018). High-temperature testing in a Charpy impact pendulum using in-situ Joule heating of the specimen. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 41:1171-1182.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, G.R. Gomez, G.H. Rubiolo (2017). Impact toughness transition temperature of ferritic Fe-Al-V alloy with strengthening Fe2AlV. Materials Science and Engineering A, 706:136-141.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, G.H. Rubiolo (2017). Coarsening process and precipitation hardening in Fe2AlV-strengthened ferritic Fe76Al12V12 alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A, 684:394-405.

P.A. Ferreirós, P.R. Alonso, P.H. Gargano, P.B. Bozzano, H.E. Troiani, A. Baruj, G.H. Rubiolo (2014). Characterization of microstructures and age hardening of Fe1-2XAlXVX alloys. Intermetallics, 50:65-78.

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