benf wrote: Also, there are other useful metal alloys out there that could include cooling components as part of there structure. Are these being considered?
MIL composites
This actually describes a possible solution for fabricating the x-ray harvesting onion structure around the focus device. Laminating metallic foils is what’s needed for the production of the onion. They investigate Al – Al3Ti composites, so it needs to be adapted to the materials we need.
The high structural stability adds the advantage of having cooling tubes running through, and pushing the coolant through with high pressure. Still one needs to take care of the tubes not collapsing (see figure 11) during the manufacturing process. Maybe a material filling the holes and which is flushed by a solvant later is the solution here.
