Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
The Potsdam non-LTE code for expanding atmospheres, which accounts for clumping and iron-line blanketing, has been used to establish a grid of model atmospheres for WC stars. A parameter degeneracy is discovered for early-type WC models which do not depend on the ‘stellar temperature’. 15 Galactic WC4-7 stars are analyzed, showing a very uniform carbon abundance (He:C = 55:40) with only few exceptions.