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Suppression of Grain Growth in Vapor-Deposited Tungsten up to 2500°C

A. F. Weinberg, J. R. Lindgren, N. B. Elsner, R. G. Mills

Nuclear Technology / Volume 1 / Number 6 / December 1965 / Pages 581-583

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20587

Electropolishing removal of the layer of small equiaxed randomly oriented grains of tungsten initially deposited during the hydrogen reduction of WF6 eliminates variance in subsequent grain-growth behavior in the overlying columnar crystals.