Aluminum composite and method of making same
AssigneeAluminastic Corporation
InventorsMatthew E. Blankenhorn, William F. Clifford, SR.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method of making aluminum composite compositions and to an aluminum composite composition for creating a heat-treatable material that is harder, tougher, and lighter per volume than standard aluminum.
Claims20
A molten aluminum composite precursor comprising:
- (a) molten aluminum and
- (b) carbon present in said molten aluminum in an amount in the range of about 0.08% and %10.0 by weight and homogeneously dispersed in solution throughout said molten aluminum;
- and wherein an electric current is being passed through said molten aluminum so as to cause a change in grain structure as compared to aluminum.
A method for incorporating carbon homogeneously into an aluminum feedstock for forming a hardened aluminum product, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a molten aluminum feedstock;
- (b) mixing a material selected from the group consisting of organic compounds and carbonaceous materials with said molten aluminum while running electric current through said molten aluminum;
- and
- (c) recovering said hardened aluminum product with carbon homogeneously dispersed in solution throughout whereby said aluminum product has a grain structure altered as compared to aluminum.
A method for incorporating carbon homogeneously into an aluminum feedstock for forming a hardened aluminum product, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a molten aluminum feedstock;
- (b) mixing a material selected from the group consisting of organic compounds and carbonaceous materials with said molten aluminum while running electric current through said molten aluminum so as to generate carbon ions ;
- and
- (c) recovering said hardened aluminum product with carbon homogeneously dispersed throughout.
A method for incorporating carbon homogeneously into an aluminum feedstock for forming a hardened aluminum product, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a molten aluminum feedstock;
- (b) mixing a material selected from the group consisting of organic compounds and carbonaceous materials with said molten aluminum while running electric current through said molten aluminum so as to form carbides;
- and
- (c) recovering said hardened aluminum product with carbon homogeneously dispersed throughout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.