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Rhenium reduction—alloy design using an economically strategic element

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A new single-crystal nickel-based superalloy has been developed as part of the GE Aviation strategy of “Rhenium Reduction” This new material provides second-generation properties while using significantly less rhenium. The new alloy development and introduction is part of the four-part strategy of “revert, recycle, recover, and reduce.”

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Fink, P.J., Miller, J.L. & Konitzer, D.G. Rhenium reduction—alloy design using an economically strategic element. JOM 62, 55–57 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-010-0012-z

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