The hot deformation characteristics of pure molybdenum was investigated in the temperature range of and strain rate range of using a Gleeble test machine. The power dissipation map for hot working was developed on the basis of the Dynamic Materials Model. According to the map, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) occurs in the temperature range of and the strain rate range of , which are the optimum conditions for hot working of this material. The average grain size after DRX is . The material undergoes flow instabilities at temperatures of and the strain rates of , as calculated by the continuum instability criterion.

In this study, consolidation behavior and hardness of commercially available molybdenum powder were investigated. In order to analyze compaction response of the powders, the elastoplastic constitutive equation based on the yield function by Shima and Oyane was applied to predict the compact density under uniaxial pressure from 100MPa to 700MPa. The compacts were sintered at for 20-60 min. The sintered density and grain size of molybdenum were increased with increasing the compacting pressure and processing temperature and time. The constitutive equation, proposed by Kwon and Kim, was applied to simulate the creep densification rate and grain growth of molybdenum powder compacts. The calculated results were compared with experimental data for the powders. The effects of the porosity and grain size on the hardness of the specimens were explained based on the modified plasticity theory of porous material and Hall-Petch type equation.

Tungsten-molydiside was synthesized by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS). The SHS product with the initial composition of (0.5Mo+0.5W+2Si) contains 23.9% , 40.89% with remaining 9.11% Mo, 9.16% Si and 16.94%W. Lattice parameters of the and determined by Rietvelt analysis were a=0.3206 nm, c=0.7841 nm and a=0.3212 nm, c=0.7822 nm, respectively.

For improvement of wear resistance property of atmospheric thermal plasma sprayed molybdenum (Mo) coating, diamond deposition on the atmospheric plasma sprayed molybdenum coating by the combustion flame chemical vapor deposition (CFCVD) has been operated. In this study, to diminish the thermal damage of the substrate during operation, a thermal insulator was equipped between substrate and water-cooled substrate holder. Consequently, diamond particles could be created on the Mo coating without fracture and peeling off. From these results, it was found that this process had a high potential in order to improve wear resistance of thermal sprayed coating.

In order to overcome the recrystallization embrittlement and irradiation embrittlement of Mo, which are major problems for its fusion applications, internally nitrided Mo alloys were prepared by a novel multi-step internal nitriding. Neutron irradiation was performed in the Japan Material Testing Reactor (JMTR). After irradiation, nitrided Mo alloys exhibited ower ductile-brittle transition temperature than irradiated TZM. These results suggested that multi-step internal nitriding was effective to the improvement in the embrittlement by irradiation. Transmission electron microscope observation revealed that TiN particles precipitated by nitriding acted as a sink for irradiation-induced defects.

For pure Molybdenum carburized in mixed gases of argon and carbon monoxide, microstructural observations were carried out. X-ray diffraction analysis for carburized specimens revealed that brittle - layer hardly formed in the case of low carbon monoxide concentration. Fracture strength of the specimen carburized at 1673 K for 16 h is about 550 MPa higher than that of the un-carburized specimen. SEM observation revealed that with increasing carburizing temperature, the region demonstrating a transgranular fracture mode progressed towards the center of specimen. This result means that the grain boundaries were strengthened by the grain boundary diffusion of carbon and the strength of grain boundaries exceeded that of grain itself.

Hopkinson bar dynamic test under strain rates ranging from 2000 to 8000 at room temperature revealed that the flow stress of tungsten heavy alloys depended strongly on the strain, strain rate, and the content of molybdenum. The variation of flow stress was caused by the competition between work hardening and heat softening in the materials at different strain rates. The high temperature strength of the matrix phase was increased by the addition of molybdenum, which enhanced the strength of the tungsten heavy alloys in high strain rate test.

Effects of sintering conditions such as sintering temperature and heating rate on oxygen content, density, microstructure and toughness of sintered Mo were investigated. The oxygen content of the sintered Mo significantly depended on the sintering conditions. The oxygen content of the primary sintered(below 1673 K) Mo influenced the densifications. The number of pores at grain boundaries of the secondary sintered(at 2073 K)Mo depended on the oxygen content of the primary sintered Mo. Grain growth of the secondary sintered Mo was inhibited by the existence of pores at the grain boundaries. The secondary sintered Mo having larger number of pore and smaller grain size demonstrated higher strength.

The microstructures and properties of pure molybdenum wire and Mo-La2O3 alloy wire annealed at different temperatures are investigated systematically in this paper. It is shown that the recrystallization temperature, toughness and strength at room temperature of this wire was increased greatly by addition of La2O3. The room temperature embrittlement of this wire annealed at high temperature is improved remarkably.

TZM alloy having elongated coarse-grain structure was developed by three-step internal nitriding treatment at 1423 to 1873 K in and subsequent recrystallization treatment at 2173 K in vacuum. Some specimens were subjected to re-nitriding treatment at 1873 K for 16 h. After the recrystallization treatment, aspect ratio (L/W) of grains for rolling direction was about 50 at the maximum. Yield stress obtained at 1773 K after re-nitriding treatment was about 6 times as large as that of recrystallized specimen. Re-nitriding was very effective in the improvement in strength of TZM alloy having elongated coarse-grain structure.

The effect of chemical composition of the sintering atmosphere on density, microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe-3%Mn-(Cr)-(Mo)-0.3%C steels is described. Pre-alloyed Astaloy CrM and CrL, ferromanganese and graphite were used as the starting powders. Following pressing in a rigid die, compacts were sintered at 1120 and in atmospheres having different ratio and furnace cooled to room temperature. It has been found that the atmosphere composition has negligible effect on the as-sintered properties of the investigated materials.

The effect of the preparation factors, such as the feeding mode and rate of raw materials, the reaction temperature and the surfactant on the size distribution of molybdenum trioxide particle were investigated by orthogonal test. The optimum conditions for the preparation of precursors are as following; opposite feeding fast, reaction temperature of and adding dispersant.

A developed molybdenum hybrid-alloyed steel powder is based on a molybdenum prealloyed steel powder to which molybdenum powder particles are diffusion bonded. The sintered compact made of this powder has a finer pore structure than that of the conventional molybdenum prealloyed steel powder, because the ferritic iron phase with a high diffusion coefficient is formed in the sintering necks where molybdenum is concentrated resulting in enhanced sintering. The rolling contact fatigue strength of the sintered and carburized compacts made of this powder improved by a factor of 3.6 compared with that of the conventional powder due to the fine pore structures.

It is interesting to discover the reaction kinetics of the newly developed molybdenum containing catalysts. The dissociation/adsorption of nitrogen on molybdenum surface is known to be structure sensitive, which is similar to that of nitrogen on iron surface. The rates over molybdenum nitride catalysts are increased with the increase of total pressure. This tendency is the same as that for iron catalyst, but is quite different from that for ruthenium catalyst. The activation energies of the molybdenum nitride catalysts are almost on the same level, although the activity is changed by the addition of the second component. The reaction rate is expressed as a function of the concentration of reactants and products. The surface nature of CO3Mo3N is drastically changed by the addition of alkali, changing the main adsorbed species from NH2 to NH on the surface. The strength of NHx adsorption is found to be changed by alkali dopping.

자전고온합성반응법을 이용하여 이규화 몰리브덴-텅스텐(Mo1-z , Wz)Si2을 합성하였다. 조성 (z)을 변화시켜 성형한 원통형 시편에 합성반응 중 전달되는 온도변화를 예측하기 위하여 시편의 중앙에 열전대를 삽입하였다. 반응 선단면이 열전대를 통과할 때 가장 높은 반응온도를 보이고 이것을 단열반응 온도라 간주하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 온도변화를 예측하기 위하여 자전조온합성반응의 모델링을 계시하고자 하였으며, 실험을 통하여 측정한 반응온도 분포곡선의 거동을 비교하였다. 각각의 시료에 대한 실험결과 측정된 반응속도는 약 2.14~1.35mm/sec, 반응온도는 1883K~1507K의 간을 보였다. 두 항 모두 텅스텐의 함량이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈으며, 수치해석을 통하여 거의 유사한 반응온도를 얻었다. 시료의 초기온도를 증가시킬 경우 반응온도는 증가함이 예측되었고, z=0.5인 시료에 대하여 반응온도가 1900k 이상이 되기 위해서는 약 800K-900K의 예열이 필요하였다.

0.14wt.%C-0.82wt.%Mn-0.20wt, %Si-0.10wt.%V-0.03wt.%Nb의 조성을 갖는 직접 소입강에 몰리브데늄을 각각 0.30wt.%, 0.58wt.% 첨가하여 기계적 성질을 조사하고 투과 전자 현미경을 이용하여 각각의 미세 조직을 관찰하여 석출물을 분석하였다. 직접 소입시의 석출물은 M2C, MC의 비평형 상태의 석출물이 생성되었고 석출물들은 마르텐사이트 래스내의 침상형탄화물, 구형의 M2C탄화물, 직사각형 형태의 MC탄화물이 관찰되었다. 유냉시에는 래스내의 침상형 탄화물만 관찰되었으며 수냉시에는 M2C 탄화물이 관찰되었다. 0.58wt.%의 몰리브데늄의 첨가된 강에서는 MoN이 관찰되었으며, 이 강의경우 강도의 손실 없이 인성이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

1.0Cr-1.0Mo-0.25V강 용접부의 크립 파단 시험시 파단 발생 원인에 관한 연구가 시행되었다. 파괴는 Intercritical Heat Affected Zone에서 발생하였으며 파단면에서 구상의조대한 M6C탄화물이 발견되었다. 모재는 molybdenum 주성분의 M2C, vanadium 주성분의 M4C3 및 chromium 주성분의 M23C6와 M7C3 탄화물이 존재하였다. 모의 실험 결과 준안정 상태인 M2C 탄화물은 850˚C, 10oh에서 안정한 M6C탄화물로 변태하였다. M6C 탄화물은 주변의 molybdenum 농도를 떨어뜨려 강도의 저하를 가져오며 크립 기공의 발생 원인을 제공하였다.