Metal processing utilizing electric potential
OwnerClarence W. McQueeninventor
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Abstract
When an electrical potential is applied to a metal or a metallic solution or a metal that is close to the melting point or a metal that is molten the electric charges are either drawn off and the metal has a high positive potential or a surfeit of electric charges are added and the metal has a high negative potential. When the metal is heated and then cooled, under said potential, the internal structure of the metal is changed. The crystal structure can become nano crystaline and or amorphous dependent upon the alloying elements, the potential and the temperature. This process has applications in inductive electrical parts as well as metalic structual materials.
Claims1
A method of processing hot metal to alter the crystal structure of the metal comprising;
- (i) connecting a first electrical conductor from the positive or negative pole of a direct current power source to ground,
- (ii) connecting a second electrical conductor from the remaining pole of the direct current power source to the hot metal,
- (iii) said metal being electrically insulated from the ground and the first electrical conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.