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EVIDENCE FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FORMS OF ZIRCONIUM AND TANTALUM MONOCARBIDES

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society (U.S.)
Evidence was found which suggests the existence of high-temperature crystalline modifications of both zirconium carbide and tantalum carbide. The high-temperature inversion in zirconium carbide, indicated by a sharp decrease in spectral emissivity, in electrical resistivity, and in density, was reversible. No permanent changes in microhardness or in x-ray diffraction patterns were found after cooling to room temperature. Emissivity measurements showed a hysteresis effect of approximately 400 deg C for zirconium carbide. A similar, although less sharply defined, effect was noted for tantalum carbide. No such effect was found in solid solutions of these two monocarbides. (auth)
Research Organization:
Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-17-027835
OSTI ID:
4714212
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society (U.S.), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 46; ISSN JACTA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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