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Nickel-aluminum-boron powders prepared by a rapid solidification process

Assignee: Marko Materials Inc
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Filing: 1982-03-15
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Granted: 1983-04-12
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Expires: 2002-03-15
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Abstract

Abstract Nickel-aluminum alloys containing boron in powder form are disclosed. These alloys are subjected to melt-spinning to form a brittle filament consisting in large measure of a metastable solid solution phase. This is then pulverized to powder configuration. Such powders exhibit excellent sprayability to form a dense, homogeneous, hard coating on a metallic substrate. The alloys, also exhibit excellent resistance to high temperature oxidation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ranjan Ray
  • 👤 Viswanathan Panchanathan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 20:28
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F9/00; B22F9/02; B22F9/04; B22F9/002; B22F9/008; C; C22; C22C; C22C45/00; C22C45/04; C23; C23C; C23C4/00; C23C4/04; C23C4/06; C23C4/067

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 129 words
A metallic alloy in powder form with particle size below 4 mesh (U.S. Standard), and having the composition described by the formula: Ni.sub.40-58 Al.sub.30-40 B.sub.12-20 wherein Ni, Al, and B are nickel, aluminum, and boron respectively and wherein the subscripts are in atom percent and the total content of Ni, Al, and B is 100; wherein said alloy being prepared by the method comprising the steps: (a) forming a melt of said alloy (b) depositing said melt against a rapidly moving quench surface adapted to quench said melt at a rate in the range of approximately 10 5 to 10 7 °C./second and form thereby a rapidly solidified brittle strip of said alloys characterized by hardness values between 800 and 1100 Kg/mm 2 (c) comminuting said strip into powders.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 129 words
A metallic alloy in powder form with particle size below 4 mesh (U.S. Standard), and having the composition described by the formula: Ni.sub.40-58 Al.sub.30-40 B.sub.12-20 wherein Ni, Al, and B are nickel, aluminum, and boron respectively and wherein the subscripts are in atom percent and the total content of Ni, Al, and B is 100; wherein said alloy being prepared by the method comprising the steps: (a) forming a melt of said alloy (b) depositing said melt against a rapidly moving quench surface adapted to quench said melt at a rate in the range of approximately 10 5 to 10 7 °C./second and form thereby a rapidly solidified brittle strip of said alloys characterized by hardness values between 800 and 1100 Kg/mm 2 (c) comminuting said strip into powders.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
The alloys of claim 1 in powder form wherein said powders have average particle size of less than 60 mesh (U.S. Standard) comprising platelets having an average thickness of less than 0.1 mm and each platelet being chacterized by an irregularly shaped outline resulting from fracture thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
The alloy of claim 1 in powder form, wherein said powders have particle size below 325 mesh (U.S. Standard).

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