Author : Joseph R. Stephens
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Aircraft gas-turbines
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The United States imports over 90 percent of its cobalt, chromium, tantalum and columbium -- all key elements in high temperature nickel-base superalloys for aircraft gas turbine disks and airfoils. NASA, through joint government/industry/university teams, has undertaken a long-range research program (COSAM - Conservation of Strategic Aerospace Materials) aimed at reducing or eliminating these strategic elements by examining their basic roles in superalloys and identifying viable substitutes. This paper discusses research progress in understanding the effects of cobalt and some possible substitutes on microstructure, mechanical properties, and environmental resistance of turbine alloys. (Author).