ECONOMIC - FERROUS METALLURGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700140151-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 151
• Publication Date: October 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RSiSTRUTED
CENTRAL NTELLGI ENC OAGENCY
IN F..rt,r?~,,,;,v FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
PUBLISHED Monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
Oct t%52
Russian
La Ekonomiyu Materlalov
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST, of ~ Oct 1953
N0. OF PAGES 6
"SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS 15 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
TiIE WII'iER USE OF NF.W TYFEz; QF SPIsE:, SN T.u-c, iTSSR
The successful mecsures adopted ?o save alio;;in? metals guarantee large
teehnicai-economic benefits for the me~?aiLurgi~;a7. industry,. The saving of
slloying metals makes tt pcsstb e to increase the _~uz};ut of alloy; and alloy
steels. In partir_ular, them tr? t'r.? :: ,.. ,:x:>.zru;n5 the production of
high-strength low-alloy steels. The u-,c ~,t these ;r,??el: instesd of ordinnry
carbon steel., in turn, creates a ssvir.2 of metal by lt~hter.iag the weight of
machines and instruments.
The conservation of valuable alicyin;; ins-.~~,, anr.i ferroalloys fells into
two basic ca..e~ories. First, this saving s*ub r i?u:ee for h.isble aiioying elements, it
is necessary to study the possibility of extending the use of vanadium, boron,
zirconium, and niobium.
Vanadium is a good reducing agant, which hay a dreided influence on
reducing the susceptlbtlity of ,teal :o overheat durinr, '.~mr,-r?+a. For this
purpose, only s small quantity -- ref, ~.~. 0 lci n. _??=nt. - _ ?_,,,d },,, added ?o the steel.
In tool steels, vanadium 1.9 used to a~thieve the tempering to only s small
depth and to decrease the su,:reptib::;ty to overheating Pefore 1910, the
metallurgical indue*.ry produced !r.;tn:men! :;teal g.-ade. F, containing vanadium
within limits of 0,:?-C'.4 cerr.er,t, f"or rhr m;rufacture of dr-ills, matrices,
end broaches. In 1y40, th a ..eel vat, remo?red from production because of the
shortage of vanadium at that time; :t is new expedient to cring up the matter
of reviving its produr_tior.,.
Vanadium also play; an important ::1e in the resir?tsr.:e to annealing,
which is important in structural a:..l forglrg s,~:eie workc3 ~in.ier conditions
of increased temperatures
Positive results have been obtained by the introduction of vanadium
into forging steel for the cold shaping of metals in place of molybdenum
steel grade Kh12M. The use of vanadium forging steel should be expanded,
and experiments or. high-spend steel cith increased vanadium content should
be speeded up.
In particular, vsrsdium has proved of value as an element which increases
the heat-resistance of ;ter_1, thus permitt!ng the creation of vanadium creep-
resistant steel for high-pre5~ure ho.lers. In these s?acts the molybdenum is
parrially replaced by vanadium, and *.he characteristics of such steel satisfies
the requirements demanded of chrome-molybdenum steels,
Boron is an Extremely valuable siemens, in particular one which can be
substituted for nickel. Boron in aterl results in an increase in the anneala-
billty and an improvement in the mechanir_el charstterietlcs of the metal.
This makes it possible to substitute it in steels, alloyed with nickel and
chromium, for part of these elements.
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