CVD Tungsten and Tungsten-Rhenium Alloys for Structural Applications.

Abstract The microstructures of CVD tungsten and tungsten-rhenium alloys have been investigated to evaluate their suitability as high temperature materials. We found that the partial pressure in the reaction chamber affected the microstructure and surface roughness of deposited pure tungsten and tungsten-rhenium alloys. Grain sizes smaller than 0.5 im were obtained for both deposited pure tungsten and tungsten-rhenium alloys. Fine-grained tungsten proved to have greater hardness (Hv>1000 at room temperature (R.T.)) bending strength (δ = 700-1230 MPa at R.T.-l 175 K) and thermal coefficient of linear expansion (β = 4.5-4.9 xl06K−1 at 575-1175 K) characteristics than tungsten with columnar structure.