FEASIBILITY STUDY OF COLUMBIUM ALLOY CASTINGS.

Abstract

During the quarter, two pours of alloy B-66 were made into fluidity molds having two tungsten layers. One pour was made into an unheated mold, and one pour was made into a mold preheated to 1160 F. Preheating of the mold resulted in greatly improved fluidity with no serious contamination. Based on the eight B-66 fluidity castings produced so far in this program, two-layer molds preheated to 1400 F were selected as the optimum for the production of Phase 2 test specimens and vanes. One additional pour of alloy WC-3015 was made in a one-tungsten-layer fluidity mold preheated to 1300 F. No improvement in fluidity was seen compared with previous preheated two-layer molds. Based on the eight WC-3015 fluidity castings made in this program, two-layer molds preheated to 1400 F were selected as the optimum for Phase 2. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0711930

Entities

People

  • J. J. Walters
  • R. J. Beauregard

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contamination
  • Elements
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Metals
  • Niobium
  • Production
  • Refractory Metals
  • Tungsten

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.