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Accession Number:
AD0623399
Title:
X-RAY STUDY OF WIRE-DRAWN NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM.
Corporate Author:
MARTIN CO ORLANDO FLA MATERIALS RESEARCH LAB
Report Date:
1965-09-01
Abstract:
Deformation, introduced into Niobium Nb and Tantalum Ta specimens by wire drawing at room temperature, produced changes in the shape and position of X-ray diffraction peaks. The resultant peak profiles and locations of all available peaks were recorded using the DebyeScherrer geometry on a modified diffractometer with crystal monochromated CuK alpha sub 1 radiation. The amount of deformation in the surface layers of both metals was found to saturate essentially after only 20 percent reduction in area. The measured decrease in the lattice parameters of either material was attributed to a residual surface stress the average value for the deformed saturated state for both Ta and Nb wires corresponded to an equivalent longitudinal tensile stress of 35 5 kg. per sq. mm. Integral breadth measurements revealed approximately equal X-ray particle sizes in the 100 and 110 directions the minimum particle size for the microstructures of both metals was around 200A and occurred after the first few draws. Author
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Pages:
0032
Contract Number:
Nonr370600
File Size:
0.00MB
