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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jeffrey Daniel Engerer, Cedar Crest, NM (US);
Nicholas Andrew Anderson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lindsay Lawless, Lafayette, IN (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for thermal ablation testing is provided. The apparatus comprises a chamber; an optically transparent window in the chamber; a sample holder inside the chamber; a test sample in the sample holder; a number of bare-wire thermocouples connected to the test sample, wherein the thermocouples generate temperature data in the form of voltage; a mass balance inside the chamber, wherein the mass balance is configured to hold the sample holder and dynamically detect changes in mass of the test sample; an external radiant heat source configured to heat the test sample through the window; a plasma source configured to generate a number of atomic species in the chamber; and a pyrometer directed at the test sample.