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It has been shown for iron-group alloys of tungsten, using ESCA spectroscop
y of samples sputtered with argon ions and SEM/EDS analysis, that no oxygen
is present in the alloy bulk. A very weak internal organization in the all
oys, which follows from low and wide diffractograms usually obtained for el
ectrodeposited layers, is thought to be a heavily distorted structure of th
e major metal component of the alloy. Thermal crystallization of thin layer
s of the amorphous tungsten alloys does not lead to formation of well-known
intermetallic crystal structures.