Nb-base fs-85 alloy as a candidate structural material for space reactor applications: Effects of thermal aging

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 838-855

  Leonard, Keith J ^a   Busby, Jeremy T ^a   Hoelzer, David T ^a   Zinkle, Steven J ^a  

^a Nat Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING TEMPERATURES; DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; DUCTILE BEHAVIOR; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MICROSTRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OVER-AGING; PROPERTY DEGRADATION; REFRACTORY METAL ALLOYS; SPACE REACTORS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; WELDING CHARACTERISTICS;

ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NIOBIUM; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE FLIGHT; TANTALUM; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL AGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959957472     PISSN: 10735623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-008-9771-3     Document Type: Article

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