Stability of zirconium oxides in Nb-Mo-ZrO2 alloy

The paper gives the results of investigations on the rate of coalescence of zirconium oxides in Nb-Mo-ZrO₂ alloy. On the basis of experimental results and theoretical estimates, it is shown that the stability of zirconium oxides in a niobium matrix increases substantially when the oxygen content in the solid solution rises. A high stability of zirconium oxides in niobium, which ensures a considerable (up to T 1800°C) increase in the recrystallization temperature and enhancement of the mechanical properties of the alloys at T 1100°C can be attained at an oxygen content C₀ 0.2–0.5 at.% in the solid solution.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 76–79, May, 1982.