Niobium Phase Diagrams : Manuscript Report on Niobium-Oxygen System (open access)

Niobium Phase Diagrams : Manuscript Report on Niobium-Oxygen System

Abstract: "The niobium-oxygen equilibrium has been determined by metallographic examination of arc-cast alloys made of electron-gun-refined niobium metal and special purity niobium pentoxide. Two intermediate oxides, NbO and NbO2, melt without decomposition at 1945 C and 1915 C, respectively. Eutectic reactions exist between niobium and NbO and 1915 C and between NbO and NbO2 at 1810 C. Experimental supports a peritectic reaction between NbO2 and Nb2O5 1510 C. The maximum solid solubility of oxygen in niobium metal is 0.72 weight per cent."
Date: April 27, 1959
Creator: Elliott, Rodney P.
System: The UNT Digital Library