Stock material or miscellaneous articles – All metal or with adjacent metals – Composite; i.e. – plural – adjacent – spatially distinct metal...
Patent
1977-03-02
1978-10-24
Steiner, Arthur J.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
All metal or with adjacent metals
Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal...
148 3, 148 4, 148 13, 148 39, 219121EB, 219121L, 427 35, 427 53, 428678, C21D 106, H05B 700
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active
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ABSTRACT:
A surface treatment for a class of metallic articles is described. The treatment involves the melting of a thin surface layer of the article by a concentrated energy source, within a narrow set of parameters. The melting step is performed in a manner which maximizes the temperature gradient between the melted and unmelted portion of the article, consequently, cooling and solidification upon the removal of the energy source is extremely rapid and can produce unique microstructures. The preferred energy source is a continuous wave laser, and in the preferred embodiment, a flowing inert gas cover is used to minimize melt contamination and plasma formation. The technique may be used to produce amorphous surface layers in a specific class of eutectic alloys. In another class of alloys, based on the transition metals and containing precipitates rich in one or more metalloids, uniquely fine microstructures may be produced.
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Banas Conrad Martin
Breinan Edward Mark
Giamei Anthony Francis
Kear Bernard Henry
Sohl Charles E.
Steiner Arthur J.
United Technologies Corporation
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