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FURTHER STUDIES ON RHENIUM ALLOYING EFFECTS IN MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, AND CHROMIUM

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4138854

Further studies on molybdenum-rhenium alloys indicate that the improved fabricability is associated with redistribution of the grain-boundary oxide as a complex rheniummolybdate. The tolerance for oxygen in Mo-35Re is several hundred ppm, but small increases in carbcn or nitrogen render the alloy less fabricable. The contribution of valence electrons from rhenium to the molybdenum lattice is believed to be associated with the reduced interstitial solubility. The improved ductilities of Mo-35Re and W-3ORe are associated with lower interstitial content, enhanced capacity for slip at low temperatures, and low critical stresses for deformation by twinning, which appears to be a function of rhenlum content alone. Rhenium also significantly lowers the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature of chromium to below --196 deg C in bending. (auth)

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
NSA Number:
NSA-14-024560
OSTI ID:
4138854
Report Number(s):
NP-9030
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English