  New silicon carbide (SiC) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) of a tailor-made
microstructure were produced using the ice-templating technique, which permits
controlled pore formation conditions within the material. These prototypes will
serve to verify aging of the new advanced target materials under irradiation
with proton beams. Before this, the evaluation of their mechanical integrity
was made based on the energy deposition spectra produced by FLUKA codes.
