Abstract: The lifetime NF (number of cycles to failure) of a metallic structure such as a soldered joint or the like is determined by three simple, rapid tests. The first is to determine creep displacement rate vs. load (stress). Next, from the same data, the slope of the matrix creep displacement vs. load (stress) curve is determined. A third test is to obtain load (stress) relaxation over a short period of time from a load (stress) in the matrix creep displacement region. The matrix creep displacement per cycle (CPS) is then derived by plotting matrix creep displacement rate vs. time and integrating the area under this curve.

Abstract: A technique for producing a non-corrosive platinum-cobalt product having high wear resistance and soft magnetic properties as well as a specular surface. In this technique, a platinum-cobalt composition is solutionized at a temperature above its order-disorder region for a predetermined period and then rapidly quenched to produce a stock piece whose atomic structure is in the disordered state and therefore possesses soft magnetic properties. The piece is then rough-machined to assume the shape of a ball or other product to be formed, the machining action working the outer layer of the rough product and imparting hard magnetic properties thereto. This product is then ground and polished to cause the product to assume its final dimensions and to remove the hard magnetic layer, thereby providing a finished, soft-magnetic product whose surface has specular characteristics and a high order of wear resistance.

Abstract: An evaporator adapted to convert a liquified gas, such as chlorine, into a gas, the evaporator including an enclosed vapor chamber functioning as a pressure vessel. The vapor chamber is suspended within a water chamber having a heater serving to raise the temperature of the water to a level at which heat transfer through the wall of the vapor chamber causes the liquified gas fed therein through an inlet pipe to evaporate and produce a superheated gas that is discharged through an outlet pipe. The vapor chamber is fabricated of a steel tank whose outer surface is coated with a film of tetrafluoroethylene having a thickness just sufficient to render the film impermeable to water, thereby inhibiting corrosion of the steel surface and the formation of scale thereon, the thickness of the film being insufficient to materially reduce the heat transfer characteristics of the vapor chamber.