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AssigneeSchwarzkopf Development Corporation
InventorsRalf Eck, Gerhard Leichtfried
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A creep-resistant alloy having a tiered structural arrangement of one or several refractory metals Mo, W, Nb, Ta, V, Cr containing certain doping agents, as well as a process for producing the same. The special doping agents are compounds and/or mixed phases of such compounds selected from the group of oxides, nitrides, carbides, borides, silicates or aluminates having a melting point higher than 1500.degree. C. The size of their grains is .ltoreq.1.5 .mu.m, their proportion in the alloy is comprised between 0.005 and 10% by weight. Unlike in the known state of the art, the use of porassium as doping agent is avoided in this alloy. A good reproducible consolidation and in particular high densities during sintering can thus be obtained. Furthermore, this alloy has better ambient temperature, heat and creep resistance properties than known alloys of refractory metal with a tiered structual arrangement.
Sintered, creep-resistant alloy with a tiered structural arrangement, comprising at least one high-melting metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Nb, Ta, V, and Cr, and further comprising 0.005 to 10% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the oxides, nitrides, carbides, borides, silicates and aluminates, including mixed phases thereof, said compound having a grain size of not greater than 1.5 um and a melting point in excess of 1500 .degree. C.
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