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Ductility and impact resistance of powder-metallurgical molybdenum-rhenium alloys

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Mo-Re alloys containing between 5 and 47.5 wt pct Re were fabricated from Mo and Mo-Re powders by sintering and hot radial forging. The mechanical properties of as-forged, stress-relieved, and recrystallized specimens were examined. Up to a concentration of 41 wt pct Re, the Charpy ductile-to-brittle transition temperature decreased monotonically with increasing rhenium concentration. Consistent with this, bend angles for fracture at T=−100 °C increased monotonically with increasing rhenium concentration. Between 10 and 41 wt pct rhenium, the room-temperature tensile ductility of recrystallized Mo-Re remained nearly constant with values on the order of 35 to 45 pct. This result differs from the low ductility values observed previously by Lundberg (1997) for compositions on either side of Mo-13 wt pct Re.

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  1. Plansee SE, Technologiezentrum, A-6600, Reutte, Austria

    Gerhard Leichtfried (Manager IPR)

  2. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN

    Joachim H. Schneibel (Research Staff Member)

  3. the Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, D-39016, Magdeburg, Germany

    Martin Heilmaier (Professor)

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Leichtfried, G., Schneibel, J.H. & Heilmaier, M. Ductility and impact resistance of powder-metallurgical molybdenum-rhenium alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 2955–2961 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-006-0177-9

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