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Title: Ordering in non-stoichiometric carbides of niobium and tantalum

Journal Article · · Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5473835

Ordering processes were studied in the nonstoichiometric carbides of Nb and Ta. A mechanism of slip transition was proposed for the ordering of NbC/sub 2/, accompanied by precipitation of niobium metal. A diagram of the restructuring of the fcc lattice of NbC to the bcc lattice of Nb is presented.

Research Organization:
Institute of Problems in Materials Science, Academy of Sciences of the Ukranian SSR
OSTI ID:
5473835
Journal Information:
Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 21:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English