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Homogeneous low melting point copper based alloys
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc
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Filing: 1983-04-26
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Granted: 1984-12-18
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Expires: 2003-04-26
Abstract
Abstract A copper based low melting point metal alloy composition consists essentially of about 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, about 2 to 10 atom percent tin, about 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus and the balance essentially copper and incidental impurities. The composition is such that the total of copper, nickel and tin ranges from about 85 to 90 atom percent.
Inventors
- 👤 Debasis Bose
- 👤 Amitava Datta
- 👤 Nicholas J. DeCristofaro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:29
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/02; B23K35/0222; B23K35/0233; B23K35/22; B23K35/24; B23K35/30; B23K35/302; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12431
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
51 words
A metal alloy having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities and the total of copper, nickel and tin ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
A metal alloy having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities and the total of copper, nickel and tin ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A metal alloy composition as recited in claim 1, which has at least about 50% glassy structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A metal alloy composition as recited in claim 1, which has at least partially glassy structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A homogenous brazing foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities and the total of copper, nickel and tin ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A homogenous brazing foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities and the total of copper, nickel and tin ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A brazing foil as recited in claim 4, said foil having a thickness ranging from about 0.0010 to 0.0025 inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A brazing foil as recited in claim 4, said foil being ductile and having at least partially glassy structure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A brazing foil as recited in claim 6, said foil having at least about 50% glassy structure.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A brazing foil as recited in claim 6, said foil having at least partially glassy structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A homogenous brazing foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 15 atom percent nickel, 2 to 5 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
A homogenous brazing foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 15 atom percent nickel, 2 to 5 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for fabricating homogeneous ductile foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidential impurities and the total of copper, nickel and phosphorus ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent, which process comprises forming a melt of the composition and quenching the melt on a moving chill surface at a rate of at least about 10 5 °C./sec.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for fabricating homogeneous ductile foil having a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 52 atom percent nickel, 2 to 10 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidential impurities and the total of copper, nickel and phosphorus ranging from about 85 to 90 atom percent, which process comprises forming a melt of the composition and quenching the melt on a moving chill surface at a rate of at least about 10 5 °C./sec.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 10 in which the foil has a composition consisting essentially of 5 to 15 atom percent nickel, 2 to 5 atom percent tin and 10 to 15 atom percent phosphorus, the balance being copper and incidental impurities.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 10 in which said foil has a thickness ranging from 0.0010 to 0.0025 inch.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
9 words
A product produced by the process of claim 10.
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