Abstract: A method of rapidly quenching articles in a fluidized bed or in a collapsed bed, wherein the bed comprises fine solid particles. A high conductivity gas may be used to transfer heat to or from the fluidized bed or the collapsed bed during at least a portion of the quenching. The high conductivity gas may be used to fluidize the bed during at least a portion of the quenching. The rate of heat transfer from or to the article quenched is improved by moving the article being quenched relative to the quenching bed or by moving the quenching bed about the article.

Abstract: A method is provided for obtaining an alloy having an ordered microstructure which comprises the steps of heating the central portion of the alloy under uniform temperature so that it enters a liquid phase while the outer portions remain solid, applying a constant electric current through the alloy during the heating step, and solidifying the liquid central portion of the alloy by subjecting it to a temperature-gradient zone so that cooling occurs in a directional manner and at a given rate of speed while maintaining the application of the constant electric current through the alloy. The method is particularly suitable for use with nickel-based superalloys. The method of the present invention produces an alloy having superior characteristics such as reduced segregation. After subsequent precipitation by heat-treatment, the alloys produced by the present invention will have excellent strength and high-temperature resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel nickel base single crystal alloy compositions consisting essentially of, by weight, about 4.0-10.0% chromium, 1.5-6.0% cobalt, 1.0-12.0% molybdenum, 3.0-10.0% tungsten, 2.5-7.0% titanium, 2.5-7.0% aluminum, 3.0-10.0% tantalum, about 0.02%-1.5% of hafnium and/or about 0.02%-1.0% silicon, from about 0.02%-1.0% each of yttrium and/or lanthanum, from about 0.3% to about 8.0% rhenium; from about 0.2% to about 4.0% vanadium and/or from about 0.2% to about 4.0% niobium; from about 0.02% to about 3% platinum; from about 0 to about 1.0% boron, the balance nickel, and the balance nickel.Methods of thermal treatment and coating of the novel alloys to enhance their mechanical properties are also disclosed, as are articles produced by such methods.

Abstract: A method of preparing a TiAl base composition containing niobium and chromium according to the formula Ti.sub.48 Al.sub.48 Cr.sub.2 Nb.sub.2 is taught. The composition is melted and cast. It is then homogenized at temperatures up to 1400.degree. C. The cast and homogenized composition is enclosed in a restraining band, heated to forging temperature and forged. Following the forging, it is annealed and aged.

Abstract: Tubes partly filled with a blend of two or more metals in powder form and containing loose hard bodies are subject to linear and oscillating motion; under the impact of the bodies knocking against each other, the metals alloy together mechanically and form a patterned amorphous coating on the surface of the clashing bodies.

Abstract: A method for increasing stability of a Coriolis mass flow meter by relieving residual and internal stress within the flow tube and related structures of the meter. The method including the steps of bending the flow tube in the desired form, fixing related flow tube structures onto the flow tube, clamping the flow tube so as to maintain the desired form during subsequent processes, annealing the flow tube, and cryogenically cooling the flow tube. An apparatus to be utilized along with the method of the present invention fixes the flow tube during the annealing and cryogenic cooling treatment processes to maintain the desired shape of the flow tube. The invention also contemplates the flow tube made in accordance with the method of the present invention.

Abstract: An aged copper alloy comprising:0.15-1.0 wt % Fe,0.05-0.3 wt % P, and0.05-0.3 wt % Mg and 0.05-0.3 wt % Pbwith the balance being essentially composed of Cu.

Abstract: A nickel base superalloy for columnar grain, directional solidification which contains Re for strength and creep resistance, and substantially eliminates the use of Zr and minimizes Si to prevent DS grain boundary cracking. The creep- and stress-rupture properties, which approach nickel base superalloy single crystal performance, are achieved without the use of high temperature gamma prime solution treatment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wear-resistance alloy comprising 10 to 40 wt % of Zn, 3 to 10 wt % of Al, 0.1 to 4 wt % of Cr and the balance Cu.

Abstract: Processes and apparatus for the thermal treating of articles, particulary for the quench hardening of metal alloys in an improved fluidized bed containing from 21 to 60 weight percent of fine alumina particles having a size from 20 to 100 microns and from 40 to 79 weight percent of coarse alumina particles having a size from 150 to 2000 microns.

Abstract: A probe (14) comprises a tubular electrical conductor (15) supported by a sleeve of insulating material (16). The two ends of the conductor are connected to couplings (23, 24) for the circulation of a reducing gas through the entire length of the conductor, as well as to an electric circuit (20) kept at a constant voltage and hence permitting measurement of the resistance in a segment (15c) of the conductor which is exposed to the atmosphere of a furnace, the resistivity of the segment varying as a function of the carbon content of the wall of the conductor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing ultrafine metal particles by gas-phase pyrolysis of 0.1 to 30% by volume transition metal carbonyl compound diluted with a diluent gas to form a mixed gas, which comprises supplying 1 to 30% by volume of the mixed gas of up to 200.degree. C. and 99 to 70 % by volume of a second diluent gas. The second gas heated to at least 400.degree. C., serves as a heat feed source for gas-phase pyrolysis to a reaction zone. The gases are mixed together there to carry out gas-phase pyrolysis in the presence of a magnetic field of at least 100 gauss.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of crystalline boehmite of fine particle size and enhanced specific surface area. Coarse gibbsite particles, obtained from the Bayer Process, are lightly calcined and the non-boehmite-containing material is removed by dissolution in caustic aluminate liquors of appropriate composition.

Abstract: An oxidation- and corrosion-resistant high-temperature alloy of high toughness at room temperature for directional solidification, based on an intermetallic compound of the nickel aluminide type and having the following composition:Al=10-20 atom %Si=0.5-8 atom %Nb=2-10 atom %B=0.1-2 atom %Ni=remainder,the total of Al, Si, Nb and B amounting at most to a value of 25 atom %. The alloy contains at least 90% by volume of the intermetallic phases Ni.sub.3 Al, Ni.sub.3 Si and Ni.sub.3 Nb.

Abstract: A convection diffuser and charge support system for an annealing furnace utilizes a diffuser base assembly to support a stack of coiled rolls of steel that are to be annealed inside a furnace enclosure. The coils are arranged in a vertical stack atop the base assembly. The furnace enclosure surrounds the base assembly and the stack to provide a "closed" treatment environment. Convector plates are interposed between the ends of the coils, with a separate convector plate extending horizontally between each set of adjacent coil ends. Each of the convector plates includes an annular structure 1) that has an inner diameter, 2) that has an outer diameter that extends substantially concentrically about the inner diameter, and 3) that defines a plurality of radially extending air flow passages which extend from locations near the outer diameter to locations near the inner diameter for assisting in providing a desired type of convection flow of gases within the furnace enclosure.

Abstract: A monocrystalline superalloy with a nickel based matrix and particularly intended for the manufacture of turbine blades, has the following composition, by weight: Al=5.4% to 6.2%; Co=4% to 7%; Cr=6% to 9%; Mo=0% to 2.5%; Ta=5.5% to 8%; Ti=O% to 1%; W=7% to 9%; and Ni=balance to 100%.The invention also provides a method of improving the alloy's resistance to creep, in which the Ni.sub.3 Al type .gamma.' phase is put completely into solution at a first temperature, and then the .gamma.' phase is precipitated into the .gamma. solid solution at a temperature greater than 1000.degree. C. This treatment considerably increases the alloy's resistance to creep over a wide range of temperatures.

Abstract: A method of increasing intergranular stress corrosion cracking resistance of Alloy 718 in water reactor environments is disclosed. The Alloy is heat treated at a high annealing temperature to dissolve .delta. precipitates. The absence of .delta. particles at the grain boundaries increases the elemental homogeneity at the boundaries and increases intergranular stress corrosion cracking resistance. In addition, the absence of .delta. phase at the grain boundaries decreases the crack propagation rate.

Abstract: An austemperable cast iron which includes an ausferritic matrix, the cast iron having a silicon content of from about 1.6 to about 2.4 weight percent, and a carbon content of from about 1.6 to about 2.2 weight percent, such that the carbon equivalent of the cast iron is from about 2.1 to about 3.0 weight percent. The austempered cast iron is prepared by melting the cast iron composition; to about 1650.degree.-1900.degree. F. and maintaining the temperature of the casting at that temperature until substantially all of the eutectic carbide particles convert to temper graphite nodules to form a temper graphite-containing casting, then cooling the temper graphite-containing casting to about 1500.degree.-1750.degree. F. and maintaining the temperature of the tempered graphite-coating at about 1500.degree.-1750.degree. F. until a fully austenitic matrix is achieved, and then quenching and cooling the ausferritic matrix casting to room temperature before bainite is formed.

Abstract: A method of reestablishing the deformability or malleability of embrittled amorphous alloys such as Fe.sub.40 Ni.sub.40 P.sub.20 or Fe.sub.20 Ni.sub.40 B.sub.20 or Cu.sub.64 Ti.sub.36. An alloy is first subjected to a first temperature for a specific first time interval. Subsequently, the alloy is subjected in a sudden manner to a second temperature for a specific second time interval. The effecting of change of the temperature of the alloy from the first temperature to the second temperature occurs at a rate of 100.degree. K./min. The first temperature is greater than the second temperature with the first temperature being in a temperature range between an embrittlement temperature and a crystallization temperature of the alloy.

Abstract: The invention concerns a ceramically coated dental prosthesis in which the metal frame comprises an alloy containing, each in percent by weight: 0 to 0.4 carbon, 0.1 to 5.0 silicon, 0.01 to 8.0 manganese, 25 to 35 chromium, 1.0 to 8.0 molybdenum, 0.1 to 5 niobium, 0 to 0.3 nickel, 0 to 1.0 iron, the remainder being cobalt and impurities resulting from manufacturing conditions.