Further Studies on Rhenium Alloying Effects in Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Chromium

Abstract

Further studies on molybdenum-rhenium alloys indicate that the improved fabricability is associated with redistribution of the grain-boundary oxide as a complex rhenium-molybdate. The tolerance for oxygen in Mo-35Re is several hundred ppm, but small increases in carbon 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-30Re are associated with lower interstitial content, enhanced capacity for slip at low temperatures, and associated with low critical stresses for deformation by twinning, which appears to be afunction of rhenium content alone. Rhenium also significantly lowers the ductile to-brittle transition temperature of chromium to below - 196 deg C in bending.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 1960
Accession Number
AD0239687

Entities

People

  • F. C. Holden
  • Robert Isaac Jaffee
  • W. D. Klopp

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Metallurgy
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Solid Solutions
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Transition Temperature
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Metallurgy

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene