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W. R. Burt, Jr., W. C. Kramer, F. J. Karasek, R. M. Mayfield
Nuclear Technology | Volume 1 | Number 6 | December 1965 | Pages 589-596
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20589
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A recently developed technology for the consolidation and fabrication of high-quality small-diameter (< 5 mm) thin-wall (< 0.55 mm) tubing of 20wt%Ti-V alloy is described. Compacted vanadium chip and titanium sponge feed rods are electron-beam melted, followed by arc melting of the electron-beam ingot. The arc-cast ingot breakdown is by extrusion. Tube blanks are produced by a secondary extrusion operation. The tube blanks are cold finished by swaging and drawing to the final tube size with intermediate vacuum anneals as required. Problems and solutions are discussed.