Category: heat-resistant materials

What Happens if Rhenium Is Alloyed to Niobium, Tungsten, and Tantalum?

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Rhenium is added to high-temperature superalloys that are used to make jet engine parts, using 70% of the worldwide rhenium production. Another major application is in platinum–rhenium catalysts, which are primarily used in making lead-free, high-octane gasoline. Nickel-based superalloys have improved creep resistance with the addition of rhenium. Alloys normally contain 3% or 6% rhenium. […]

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What Can Rhenium Be Used For?

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What Can Rhenium Be Used For? Rhenium is classified as a scarce refractory metal. It has the second-highest melting point of any of the metals and has a relatively high density. Rhenium is produced as a powder from molybdenite, which also contains rhenium sulfide. The rhenium powder is consolidated by pressing and resistance sintering in […]

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The List Of Abundant Refractory Metals

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The List Of Abundant Refractory Metals Tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, columbium, vanadium, and chromium may be classed as relatively abundant refractory metals; that is, free world reserves of contained metal are over 100,000 tons for each metal. The first four show promise in a considerably higher temperature range than the last two, and sometimes the term […]

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Top 10 Materials with the Highest Melting Point in the World

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Top 10 Materials with the Highest Melting Point in the World Want to know what materials have very high melting points? You’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will introduce the materials with the highest melting point in the world – top 10.  1. Tantalum Hafnium Carbide Alloy (3990℃) Tantalum hafnium carbide […]

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What Are Refractory Metals?

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What Are Refractory Metals? Refractory metals are different. As a group, they provide a number of unique characteristics – such as resistance to high heat, corrosion, and wear – making them useful in a multitude of applications. The next time you climb into your automobile take note that you are surrounded by components that are […]

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What’s Silicon Carbide And How To Produce It?

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What’s Silicon Carbide And How To Produce It? Silicon carbide (SiC) is an interesting material that has found applications in a variety of industries. The two best-known applications of this material are its use as an abrasive material and its more recent use as a wide bandgap semiconductor for high-power, high-temperature electronic devices. The high […]

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How Do We Use Molybdenum?

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How Do We Use Molybdenum? Molybdenum, whose chemical symbol is Mo, was first recognized as an element in 1778. Until that time, the mineral molybdenite—the most important source of molybdenum—was believed to be a lead mineral because of its metallic gray color, greasy feel, and softness. In the late 19th century, French metallurgists discovered that […]

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The Role of Niobium in Superalloys

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The Role of Niobium in Superalloys Refractory elements are important alloying additions in both nickel-base and iron-nickel-base superalloys. They are responsible for the increased high-temperature mechanical properties present in current superalloy systems. In this article, we’ll take a look at the role of niobium in superalloys. It has long been established that nickel-base and iron-nickel-base […]

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Which Elements Have the Highest Melting Point?

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Which Elements Have the Highest Melting Point? As we all know, the melting point is the temperature at which a substance converts from a solid state to a liquid state. Some of the metals show very high melting points at least 2,000 degrees Celsius, and they also have very high physical strength. These metals are […]

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