High-purity single crystals of Nb and Ta could be prepared free of hydrogen by a Pd-coating technique. Low-frequency torsion pendulum measurements are reported on such single crystals showing the intrinsic α and γ relaxation. The dislocation-internal friction spectra of Nb and Ta are compared with new results on W single crystals. The activation parameters of the α and γ processes are reported
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