Some New Metallurgical Processes of Interest in the Field of High Speed Flight

Abstract

In the field of high speed flight, the need to obtain materials for extremely high temperature service has stimulated the development of several new metallurgical processes now used to investigate the high melting point metals, such as tungsten, molybdenum, and chromium. Some of these processes are described, and the resulting alloys obtained or expected from them discussed and compared with the high temperature alloys available today. The potentialities and limitations of new alloys based on these metals are outlined.