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Protecting niobium and tantalum from high-temperature gas corrosion (review)

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The survey deals with methods of raising the heat resistance of niobium, tantalum, and alloys, based on them, and the main lines of development are distinguished for protective coatings that increase the working life of refractory-metal specimens.

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Ternopol Pedagogic Institute. Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 1–2, pp. 85–93, January–February, 1997.

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Dzyadikevich, Y.V., Kitskai, L.I. Protecting niobium and tantalum from high-temperature gas corrosion (review). Powder Metall Met Ceram 36, 77–83 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02684257

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