@proceedings {2012, title = {Small-volume Reactive Metal Alloys Prepared by Ellectron Beam Melting}, journal = {21st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials}, year = {2012}, address = {Brno, Czech republic}, abstract = {The paper deals with the preparation of small volumes of reactive metal alloys (particularly titanium), utilizing an electron beam as the heat source. The melting was performed in a vacuum environment in order to prevent the compounds from reacting with atmospheric components. The water-cooled crucible avoids any contamination of the alloy, which would have otherwise arisen during the heating of the materials. The composition of resulting alloys were then investigated by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.}, keywords = {active solder, electron beam melting, tin alloys, titanium alloys, water cooled crucible}, author = {Martin Zoba{\v c} and Ivan Vl{\v c}ek and Zobacova, J. and Anton{\'\i}n Rek} }