High-purity chromium metal : supply issues for gas-turbine superalloys / Committee on High-Purity Electrolytic Chromium Metal, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on BMDO New Technology Orbital Observatory.

National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas-turbines--Materials.

Gas-turbines.

Chromium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""High-Purity Chromium Metal: Supply Issues for Gas-Turbine Superalloys""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abstract""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""USE OF HIGH-PURITY CHROMIUM METAL IN SUPERALLOYS""; ""HIGH-PURITY CHROMIUM-METAL PRODUCTION""; ""DEMAND FOR HIGH-PURITY CHROMIUM METAL""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REPORT ORGANIZATION""; ""1 The Marketplace for Chromium Metal ""; ""NATURE OF THE MARKET""; ""Heterogeneous Nature of the Market""; ""Producers""; ""Consumers""; ""International Trade""; ""RECENT AND PENDING SUPPLY TRENDS""; ""Closures""

""Russia and China""""RECENT AND PENDING DEMAND TRENDS""; ""Military Spending""; ""The Commercial Airline Industry""; ""Government Stockpiles""; ""PROSPECTS FOR SHORTAGES""; ""Nature of Shortages""; ""Surge in World Demand""; ""Contraction in Production and Capacity""; ""Interruptions in Trade""; ""2 Specifications for High-Purity Chromium Metal ""; ""AIRCRAFT ENGINE OPERATION""; ""AIRCRAFT ENGINE MATERIALS""; ""NEED FOR PURITY""; ""FUTURE DEMAND FOR HIGH-PURITY CHROMIUM METAL""; ""3 Electrolytic Chromium-Metal Production ""; ""TRIVALENT CHROME-ALUM BATH ELECTROLYTE METHOD""

""CHROMIC-ACID ELECTROLYTE METHOD""""VACUUM-DEGASSING OF CHROMIUM METAL""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS""; ""4 Alternative Technologies for Chromium-Metal Production ""; ""PREPROCESSING OF CHROMITE ORE""; ""ALUMINUM REDUCTION METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHROMIUM METAL""; ""OTHER METHODS FOR PRODUCING CHROMIUM METAL""; ""DOUBLE-DEGASSED REFINING""; ""ACCEPTANCE OF ALUMINOTHERMIC CHROMIUM METAL""; ""POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES""; ""5 Reliability of Suppliers of High-Purity Chromium Metal ""; ""DEFINITION OF A RELIABLE SUPPLIER""

""RELIABILITY OF THE HIGH-PURITY CHROMIUM-METAL PRODUCERS""""Elkem Metals Company""; ""Delachaux Metals Division""; ""Metallurg, Incorporated""; ""Russian High-Purity Chromium-Metal Producers""; ""6 Potential Economic Scenarios for the U.S. Supply of Chromium Metal and the Role of the National...""; ""FREE TRADE VERSUS NATIONAL SECURITY""; ""NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE""; ""POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SCENARIOS FOR THE U.S. SUPPLY""; ""Scenario 1: A Surge in Demand for High-Quality Chromium Metal""; ""Scenario 2: Loss of the Domestic Industry""; ""Scenario 3: Loss of Foreign Supply""; ""References""

""Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

Notes:

"NMAB-480."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

567838318