Two Percent Or More Silicon Containing Patents (Class 420/117)
  • Patent number: 4790977
    Abstract: A ferritic alloy steel having good creep strength and cyclic oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures up to 982.degree. C. (1800.degree. F.) with an optional final anneal at 1010.degree.-1150.degree. C. (1850.degree.-2100.degree. F.) consisting essentially of from about 0.01% to about 0.30% carbon, about 2% maximum manganese, greater than 2.35% to about 4% silicon, about 3% to about 7% chromium, about 1% maximum nickel, about 0.15% maximum nitrogen, less than 0.3% aluminum, about 2% maximum molybdenum, at least one element selected from the group of niobium, titanium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium in an amount up to 1.0% and the balance essentially iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Armco Advanced Materials Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Daniels, Joseph A. Douthett
  • Patent number: 4773931
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is spindle ferromagnetic alloy particles having the aspect ratio (major:minor) of less than 3:1 and the coercive force of 500 to 100 Oe, and containing 0.1 to 13 atomic % of Si to Fe, and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Toda Kogyo Corp.
    Inventors: Akio Mishima, Yosiro Okuda, Hiroshi Sumita, Yoshitaka Yoshinaga, Akira Mukaizaka, Tokihiro Kurata
  • Patent number: 4772341
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel strip having a combined silicon and aluminum content no greater than about 1.5 wt. % is subjected to processing including a continuous decarburization anneal after temper rolling. The strip is stamped into motor core laminations and stress relief annealed. The resulting lamination has magnetic properties comparable to a lamination having a much higher silicon and silicon plus aluminum content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Inland Steel Company
    Inventors: Prabhat K. Rastogi, Grigory Lyudkovsky
  • Patent number: 4749549
    Abstract: A ferrosilicon inoculant for gray cast iron containing between 0.1 to 10% strontium, less than 0.35% calcium and either 0.1 to 15% zirconium, 0.1 to 20% titanium or a mixture of both zirconium and titanium with the strontium. The inoculant, method for producing the inoculant, method for inoculating the melt and a gray cast iron inoculated with the inoculant are covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Elkem Metals Company
    Inventors: Mary J. Hornung, Edward C. Sauer
  • Patent number: 4748000
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soft magnetic thin film which has superior soft magnetic characteristics and high saturation magnetic flux density. The magnetic thin film is formed by physical vapor deposition process and composed of Fe, Ga, and Si with optional inclusion of Co, Ru, or Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hayashi, Masatoshi Hayakawa, Yoshitaka Ochiai, Hideki Matsuda, Wataru Ishikawa, You Iwasaki, Kouichi Aso
  • Patent number: 4731112
    Abstract: A method of making a molten ferroalloy product in a melting furnace by charging a briquet consisting essentially of metallized iron, granulated alloy metal oxide, and a carbon source, such as coke breeze, to the melting furnace, burning solid carbonaceous material to reduce the alloy metal oxide to metallized form and to heat the charge to form a molten ferroalloy product. Fluxes and slag formers are also charged to the furnace as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Midrex International, B.V. Rotterdam, Zurich Branch
    Inventor: Glenn E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 4728358
    Abstract: A briquet consists essentially of metallized iron fines, formed by direct reduction of iron oxide, granulated or fine silica, a carbon source such as coke breeze, and less than 3.5 percent of other components, or impurities. The briquet product has a density of from 2.0 to 6.0 g/cc, and is particularly well suited for steelmaking operations.The method for making the briquet is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Midrex International, B.V. Rotterdam, Zurich Branch
    Inventors: Glenn E. Hoffman, Bradford G. True
  • Patent number: 4721600
    Abstract: A superplastic hot working method for a duplex-phase, nitrogen-containing ferrous alloy and stainless steel, and a superplastic duplex-phase ferrous alloy are disclosed. The ferrous alloy comprises: at least one of Si and Mn in an amount of not less than 0.5% and not less than 1.7%, respectively; and N: at least 0.01% in solid solution, wherein Si eq and Mn eq which are defined as:Si eq=Si+(2/3)(Cr+Mo), and Mn eq=Mn+2 Ni+60 C+50 N,satisfy the formula:(5/6)(Si eq)-15/2.ltoreq.Mn eq.ltoreq.(11/5)(Si eq)-77/5,and its superplastic hot working is carried out by deforming the alloy heated to 700.degree.-1200.degree. C. at a strain rate of 1.times.10.sup.-6 S.sup.-1 to 1.times.10.sup.0 S.sup.-1. In another aspect, superplastic hot working of a duplex-phase stainless steel comprising Cr: 10.0-35.0%, Ni: 2.0-18.0%, Mo: 0-6.0%, and N: 0.005-0.3% and having the values of Si eq and Mn eq as above is carried out by deforming the steel at a strain rate of from 1.times.10.sup.-6 S.sup.-1 to 1.times.10.sup.1 S.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Maehara, Yoshio Tarutani
  • Patent number: 4690711
    Abstract: A process for preparing an iron group sintered compact involves forming an admixture of an iron group metal alloy powder additive and iron powder wherein the melting point of the alloy additive is at least about 50.degree. C. lower than that of the iron, compacting the admixture to form a green compact, and sintering the green compact at a temperature of from about 20.degree. C. above the solidus to about 100.degree. C. above the liquidus of the alloy additive whereby a sintered compact is formed. A compact having an iron group alloy additive as a continuous phase and iron as a discontinuous phase wherein the continuous phase has a melting point of at least about 50.degree. C. lower than that of the discontinuous phase can be prepared at lower sintering temperatures than a typical iron powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventor: Brian C. Coad
  • Patent number: 4668310
    Abstract: Amorphous alloys having high strength, high hardness, high crystallization temperature, high saturation magnetic induction, low coercive force, high magnetic permeability and particularly low deterioration of magnetic properties with lapse of time, have a composition formula ofT.sub.a X.sub.b Z.sub.c or T.sub.a' X.sub.b' Z.sub.c' M.sub.d,whereinT is at least one of Fe, Co and Ni,X is at least one of Zr, Ti, Hf and Y,Z is at least one of B, C, Si, Al, Ge, Bi, S and P,a is 70-98 atomic %,b is not more than 30 atomic %,c is not more than 15 atomic %,sum of a, b and c is 100 atomic %,M is at least one Mo, Cr, W, V, Nb, Ta, Cu, Mn, Zn, Sb, Sn, Be, Mg, Pd, Pt, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy,a' is 70-98 atomic %,b' is not more than 30 atomic %,c' is not more than 15 atomic %,d is not more than 20 atomic %, andsum of a', b', c' and d is 100 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kudo, Shinji Takayama, Yoshizo Sawada, Yasunobu Ogata
  • Patent number: 4661174
    Abstract: In the production of non-oriented electrical steel sheets, it has been attempted to decrease the watt loss, e.g., by adding Sn to silicon steels, but in such a case the relationship between the watt loss and the magnetic flux density falls within the curves 1 and 1' in FIG. 1. The addition of boron is therefore unsatisfactory for meeting the recent demand for improving the magnetic properties of a non-oriented electrical steel sheet over those indicated by the curve 3.In the present invention, the combined addition of Sn and B and/or sol. Al results in the development of (110) and (100) textures, which are desirable for the magnetic properties.A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention consists of:at most 0.015% carbon,0.3% to 2.0% silicon,0.02% to 0.20% tin,and optionally1.0% to 1.5% manganese,and(a) 0.005% to 0.10% acid-soluble aluminium,at most 0.007% nitrogen,at most 0.005% boron,the weight ratio of the boron content/nitrogen content being from 0.5 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kunisuke Miyoshi, Yoshiaki Shimoyama, Takeshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 4659378
    Abstract: Electrical contacts to or mechanical connections between components and provided by using a thin layer of an alloy consisting of metals and metalloids. Such a layer shows excellent adhesion to glass or semiconductor substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: International Standard Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Volz, Peter Kersten
  • Patent number: 4637843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the core of a noise filter.Conventionally, ferrite or iron powder is used as the core of a noise filter. Some patent publications disclose the core of a noise filter made of an amorphous magnetic alloy.An amorphous magnetic alloy which as a low pulse-noise resistance deterioration percentage is that on or within the curve X and Y of FIG. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Takayama, Masao Shigeta
  • Patent number: 4623407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.A feature of the present invention is to set S.ltoreq.0.007%, Mn=0.08.about.0.45%, P=0.015.about.0.45% in a slab. The present inventive idea does away with the conventional concept of using MnS as an inhibitor. The present invention present incomplete secondary recrystallization by the S content, which is decreased to a level as low as possible. In addition, a product having a high magnetic flux density can be successfully produced by adding appropriate amounts of Mn and P. Due to these advantages, a high Si content of a slab, which leads to a watt loss reduction, can also be employed in the present invention. In addition according to the present invention, the temperature of slab heating, which is carried out prior to hot rolling, can be drastically decreased as compared with the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yozo Suga, Toyohiko Konno, Tadashi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 4623406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.A feature of the present invention is to set S.ltoreq.0.007%, Mn=0.08.about.0.45%, P=0.015.about.0.45% in a slab. The present inventive idea does away with the conventional concept of using MnS as an inhibitor. The present invention present incomplete secondary recrystallization by the S content, which is decreased to a level as low as possible. In addition, a product having a high magnetic flux density can be successfully produced by adding appropriate amounts of Mn and P. Due to these advantages a high Si content of a slab, which leads to a watt loss reduction, can also be employed in the present invention. Furthermore, the watt loss of a product produced by a low-temperature slob-heating is considerably lower than a product produced by a high-temperature slab-heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yozo Suga, Fumio Matsumoto, Tadashi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 4617052
    Abstract: A process for preparing a mother alloy for making a Fe-B-Si base amorphous metal is described, comprising the steps of:providing a molten metal containing an iron source and ferrosilicon;adding to the molten metal a mineral ore containing a boron oxide;reducing a predetermined amount of the boron oxide in the molten metal by the reducing action of carbon or silicon that is initially present in the metal or externally added together with the mineral ore, thereby dissolving said boron oxide as elemental boron in the molten metal;removing the carbon or aluminum by supplying an oxidant; andadjusting the contents of boron and silicon in the molten metal to be within a desired composition range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Takenouchi, Yoshiaki Ichinomiya, Yoshiyuki Iwanami