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Properties of tungsten alloys with carbon, niobium, tantalum, and zirconium

Journal Article · · Met. Sci. Heat Treat. (USSR) (Eng. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00663388· OSTI ID:6936272
The mechanical properties of ternary W-Nb-C, W-Ta-C, and W-Zr-C alloys are investigated and compared to those of binary W-Nb, W-Ta, and W-Zr alloys at temperatures in the range 300 to 600/sup 0/C and 1500 to 2000/sup 0/C. Major conclusions are that alloying of W and W-C alloys with additions of Zr, Nb, and Ta increases stress- and creep-rupture strengths, that the alloying elements raise the ductile-brittle transition temperature of W and W-C alloys, and that at low temperatures the most effective alloying elements are carbon and group IV elements.
OSTI ID:
6936272
Journal Information:
Met. Sci. Heat Treat. (USSR) (Eng. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Met. Sci. Heat Treat. (USSR) (Eng. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 17:3-4; ISSN MHTRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English