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The fabrication of rhenium metal by powder metallurgy techniques is discussed. The following physical and mechanical properties have been measured and are reported: lattice constants, melting point, electrical resistivity, thermal expansion, spectral emissivity, modulus of elasticity, tensile properties and ductility at room and elevated temperatures, work hardening, recrystallization, grain growth, and oxidation resistance.
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Discussion on this paper, TP 3847E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Mar. 1, 1955. Manuscript, Apr. 26, 1954. Chicago Meeting, November 1954.
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Sims, C.T., Craighead, C.M. & Jaffee, R.I. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Rhenium. JOM 7, 168–179 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03377474
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