Effects of oxygen and hydrogen on tensile and internal friction properties of niobium-vanadium alloys

Abstract

V. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 88 A. Internal Friction Measurements 88 1. Effect of oxygen on Nb-V alloys 88 2. Trapping energy calculations 94 3. Elastic versus chemical interactions 99 4. Appearance of additional peak 106 5. Effect of oxygen and hydrogen on Nb and Nb-10 at% V alloys 106 B. Tensile Tests 110 1. Effect of oxygen on Nb-10 atjf V alloy 110 2. Combined effects of oxygen and hydrogen on Nb-10 at% V alloy 113 a. Alloy softening 113 b. Strengthening effect 115 c. Ductility d.