Drawbacks of tantalum as space vehicle alloy were overcome by changed requirements in aerospace market and improvement of tantalum alloys; technical demands of rocket nozzles, for instance, can now be met by 90Ta-10W alloy which is easy to fabricate and highly resistant to corrosion and erosion; in structural sheet applications, it can be used at temperatures up to about 4500 F; its present and potential applications indicated.
Once spurned tantalum now on aerospace list
Steel
Steel ; 152 , n 6
1963
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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