The Solutioning and Aging Reactions and their Effect on Hardness and Microstructure in some Columbium Base Alloys.

Abstract

A study was made to investigate the solutioning and aging reactions and their effects on microstructure and hardness in twenty-four experimental columbium-base alloys, involving Cb-C, Cb-Si-C, Cb-15Hf-C, Cb-15Hf-C-Si, Cb-33Hf-C and Cb-33Hf-C-Si systems. The aging reactions in the Cb-15Hf-C, Cb-15Hf-C-Si, and Cb-33Hf-C-Si alloys are characterized by precipitation of the complex monocarbide (Cb, Hf) (C, O, N) phase. Replacement of some of the carbon by silicon in the Cb-15Hf-1C alloys raises the overaging temperature from 800 C to 1000 C and leads to strength retention for longer times than the alloys which contain carbon only. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0752930

Entities

People

  • M. Hoch
  • N. C. Birla

Organizations

  • University of Cincinnati

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Elements
  • Group 5 Elements
  • Hardness
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metals
  • Microstructure
  • Niobium
  • Precipitation

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