Patents Examined by Benjamin Padgett
  • Patent number: 3979209
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ductile, high-density tungsten-nickel alloy which possesses a tensile strength in the range of 100,000 to 140,000 psi and a tensile elongation of 3.1 to 16.5 percent in 1 inch at 25.degree.C. This alloy is prepared by the steps of liquid phase sintering a mixture of tungsten-0.5 to 10.0 weight percent nickel, heat treating the alloy at a temperature above the ordering temperature of approximately 970.degree.C. to stabilize the matrix phase, and thereafter rapidly quenching the alloy in a suitable liquid to maintain the matrix phase in a metastable, face-centered cubic, solid- solution of tungsten in nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventor: William B. Snyder, Jr.