Corrosion resistant RAM powder

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1990-03-20

1999-02-02

Dean, R.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

All metal or with adjacent metals

Having magnetic properties, or preformed fiber orientation...

428641, 428404, 342 1, H01Q 1700

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058662731

ABSTRACT:
An iron-silicon compound powder whose predominant phases are Fe.sub.5 Si.sub.3, Fe.sub.2 Si and Fe.sub.3 Si, which is useful as a radar absorbing material (RAM) in corrosive and oxidizing atmospheres and when used with corrosive or oxidizing binders is formed by a diffusion process. The powder is made in a process that includes blending magnetic materials such as carbonyl iron, iron cobalt, and/or nickel and very pure silicon powders with an activator, such as a halide salt, and then heating the mixture between 1350.degree. F. and 1600.degree. F. in an inert atmosphere. The result is then ground until it passes through a 200 mesh screen. The powder so formed usually is then heated in air. This forms a thin protective shell about each particle of the powder after which the powder can be combined with a suitable binder to form a RAM coating capable of operating at high temperatures which is relatively unaffected by corrosive atmospheres.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3938152 (1976-02-01), Grimes et al.
British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, "Ferromagnetic Materials for Radar Absorption," declassified Apr. 1960.

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