REFRACTORY METALS IN EUROPE

摘要

Historians of metallurgy may well mark the 1950's as the Titanium Decade. If so, it appears that the 1960's may belong to the refractory metals. Symposia, meetings, surveys, and papers on refractory metals spring up on all sides. Although perhaps not to the same degree, Europe is experiencing a similar surge of activity in refractory metals. As an example, there may be cited the recent conference on columbium, tantalum, molybdenum, and tungsten held by the University of Sheffield on September 19-20, 1960. Only a month later, materials specialists from NATO countries met in Athens, Greece, and Istanbul, Turkey, to take action on plans to initiate a cooperative NATO program on refractory metals.