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US 9,869,010 B2Granted
Tin-containing amorphous alloy
AssigneeCrucible Intellectual Property, LLC
InventorsChoongnyun Paul Kim, Theodore A. Waniuk, Quoc Tran Pham
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a composition, the composition comprising: an alloy that is at least partially amorphous and is represented by a chemical formula: (Zr, Ti)aMbNcSnd, wherein: M is at least one transition metal element; N is Al, Be, or both; a, b, c, and d each independently represents an atomic percentage; and a is from about 30 to 70, b is from about 25 to 60, c is from about 5 to 30, and d is from about 0.1 to 5.
Claims20
A composition, comprising:
- an alloy that is at least partially amorphous having an amorphous content of at least 5 vol. % and is represented by a chemical formula:
- QaMbNcSnd
- wherein:
- Q is Zr, Ti, or both;
- M is V;
- N is Al, Be, or both;
- and
- a, b, c, and d each independently represents an atomic percentage;
- and a is from about 30 to 70, b is from about 25 to 60, c is from about 5 to 30, and d is from about 0.1 to about 5.
6 more elements
A method of making an alloy, comprising:
- heating a mixture of the alloy at a first temperature above a glass transition temperature Tg of the alloy, the mixture comprising elements Q, M, N, Sn;
- quenching the mixture to a second temperature below the Tg of the alloy to form the alloy that is at least partially amorphous having an amorphous content of at least 5 vol. % and is represented by a chemical formula:
- QaMbNcSnd
- wherein:
- Q is Zr, Ti, or both;
- M is V;
- N is Al, Be, or both;
- a, b, c, and d each independently represents an atomic percentage;
- and:
- a is from about 30 to 70, b is from about 25 to 60, c is from about 5 to 30, and d is from about 0.01 to 5.
7 more elements
A method of making an alloy, comprising:
- heating a mixture of the alloy at a first temperature above a glass transition temperature Tg of the alloy, the mixture comprising elements Zr, Cu, Ni, Sn;
- quenching the mixture to a second temperature below the Tg of the alloy to form the alloy that is at least partially amorphous having an amorphous content of at least 5 vol. % and is represented by a chemical formula:
- Zr50.75-xCu36.25Ni4Al9Snx,
- wherein x represents an atomic percentage and x is from about 0.01 to 5.
1 more element
A composition, comprising:
- an alloy having an amorphous content of at least 5 vol. % and is represented by a chemical formula:
- Zr50.75-xCu36.25Ni4Al9Snx,
- wherein x represents an atomic percentage and x is from about 0.01 to 5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.