Abstract: Tantalum and tantalum-rich alloys, particularly in wire form, are stabilized against embrittlement by the addition of 50 to 700 parts per million of silicon and optionally with the further addition of 100 to 500 parts per million of carbon.

Abstract: Tantalum and tantalum-rich alloys, particularly in wire form, are stabilized against embrittlement by the addition of 50 to 700 parts per million of silicon and optionally with the further addition of 100 to 500 parts per million of carbon.

Abstract: Tantalum and tantalum-rich alloys, particularly in wire form, are stabilized against embrittlement by the addition of 50 to 700 parts per million of silicon and optionally with the further addition of 100 to 500 parts per million of carbon.

Abstract: An anode for electrolytic devices formed from pressed and sintered compacts of an agglomerated refractory metal powder comprised of polynodal granules of adhered particles with the nodes being of a size the same order of magnitude as the size of the individual particles. Such agglomerated powder is produced by the method including the steps of heating a powder under chemically non-reactive conditions to effect agglomeration between the powder particles, and subsequently crushing the resultant particulate porous agglomerated mass to form said agglomerated polynodal granules. The anodes combine low green and sintered density, equivalent series resistance, dissipation factor and D.C. leakage with a high specific capacitance.