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Titanium alloy containing prealloyed vanadium and chromium alloy
Assignee: TDY Industries LLC
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Filing: 1989-08-15
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Granted: 1992-06-23
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Expires: 2009-08-15
Abstract
Abstract High strength titanium alloys containing about 45-55% by weight of titanium, about 25-45% by weight of vanadium and 10-20% by weight chromium alloys are disclosed. These latter two components are first alloyed into a master alloy before addition to the titanium resulting in reduced inclusions of vanadium.
Inventors
- 👤 Chester C. Wojcik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:46
CPC Classifications
C; C22; C22C; C22C1/00; C22C1/02; C22C1/03; C22C14/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
A high strength Titanium alloy comprising Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium wherein the Vanadium and Chromium are alloyed together before addition to the Titanium having reduced inclusions of Vanadium in the finished alloy wherein the high strength Titanium alloy is substantially free of unalloyed Vanadium and Chromium and substantially free of low melting Titanium-Chromium alloys.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
54 words
A high strength Titanium alloy comprising Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium wherein the Vanadium and Chromium are alloyed together before addition to the Titanium having reduced inclusions of Vanadium in the finished alloy wherein the high strength Titanium alloy is substantially free of unalloyed Vanadium and Chromium and substantially free of low melting Titanium-Chromium alloys.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The high strength Titanium alloy of claim 1 wherein the alloy consists essentially of from about 45% by weight to about 55% by weight Titanium, about 25% by weight to about 45% by weight Vanadium and from about 10% by weight to about 20% by weight Chromium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The high strength Titanium alloy of claim 2 wherein the Vanadium and Chromium are mixed together in predetermined sized elemental form, compacted into preforms, said preforms electron beam welded into electrodes and vacuum arc melt melted together completely in an inert gas atmosphere to produce a stable phase Vanadium-Chromium alloy substantially free of unalloyed Chromium and unalloyed Vanadium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The high strength Titanium alloy of claim 3 wherein the Vanadium-Chromium alloy contains from about 60% by weight to about 80% by weight of Vanadium and from about 40% by weight to about 20% by weight of Chromium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
The high strength Titanium alloy of claim 4 wherein the Vanadium-Chromium alloy formed by vacuum arc melting of the preselected amounts of Vanadium and Chromium is sized by subdividing the stable phase alloy to produce a readily compactable mixture with titanium for the formation of Vacuum arc melt electrodes containing the proper predetermined proportions of Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The high strength Titanium alloy of claims 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 wherein Silicon and Carbon are present in a total amount by weight of up to about 5% by weight.
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