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US 5,543,187 AGranted
Amorphous metal - ceramic composite material
OwnerJoseph P. Errico, Steven J. Hultquistinventors
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OwnerJoseph P. Errico, Steven J. Hultquistinventors
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A composite material comprising a multilaminate structure of amorphous metal and ceramic laminae, and a method of making the same. The material may be formed of a high strength, low inhibitor content, amorphous metal, e.g., in a single ribbon form, or in a woven multi-ribbon sheet form having a substantially greater width than the single ribbon form, in which the amorphous metal is coated with a thin layer of high compressive strength, low temperature curing ceramic. Ceramic/amorphous metal composites of the invention are usefully employed in structural composite applications, in which the amorphous metal may be utilized as an electrically conductive structural component. Superconducting composites are also disclosed, which have potential utility in applications such as power transmission lines, generators, superconducting magnets, high speed operating switches, bolometers, high frequency communications components, and motors.
A composite material comprising a multi-layered structure having a plurality of discrete layers including at least two separated layers of amorphous metal and at least one continuous layer of a ceramic material between a pair of said separated amorphous metal layers.
A composite material comprising a multi-layered structure including plurality of discrete amorphous metal layers and at least one continuous ceramic layer between a pair of said discrete amorphous metal layers, wherein the amorphous metal contains less than 10% by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, based on the total weight of the amorphous metal and crystallization inhibitor, wherein the ceramic layers have a thickness in the range of from about 1 to 200 mils, and wherein the amorphous metal layers have a thickness in the range of from about 0.5 to about 100 mils.
A composite material comprising a multi-layered structure including having a plurality of discrete layers of amorphous metal and disposed therebetween at least one continuous layer of a ceramic material, as laminae of the multi-layered structure, wherein each amorphous metal layer is in laminated contacting relationship to said layer of ceramic material.
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