Abstract: The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in seamless tubular form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 700 MPa to 1400 MPa and elongations of 10-70%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 800 MPa to 1800 MPa and elongations of 5-65%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 2000 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.

Abstract: The present application relates to iron based glass forming alloys and their manufacture in powder, cored wire and stick electrode form to produce feedstock for a wide variety of weld overlay hardfacing application techniques. The alloys when welded form structures which are extremely hard and correspondingly extremely wear resistant. The novel approach of these alloys allow the replacement of conventional high hardness and wear resistant hardfacing alloys which are often composite materials made up of a binder and hard particles such as carbides, borides, borocarbides, nitrides, etc.

Abstract: Wire for cutting feedstock and a method for cutting feedstock with the wire. The wire may include an iron based alloy comprising at least 35 at % iron, nickel and/or cobalt in the range of about 7 to 50 at %, at least one non-metal or metalloid selected from the group consisting of boron, carbon, silicon, phosphorus, and/or nitrogen present in the range of about 1 to 35 at %, and one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, titanium, molybdenum, aluminum, and/or chromium present in the range of about 0 to 25 at %, wherein the wire has an aspect ratio of greater than one and exhibits metallic and/or crystalline phases of less than 500 nm in size.

Abstract: A stab resistant body armor and method of forming such component, wherein the component includes plurality of iron based glassy metal sheets, wherein the iron based glassy metal sheets comprise an iron based glass metal alloy including iron present in the range of 45 atomic percent to 71 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 4 atomic percent to 17.5 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 11 atomic percent to 16 atomic percent, silicon present in the range of 0.3 atomic percent to 4.0 atomic percent and optionally chromium present in the range of 0.1 atomic percent to 19 atomic percent, and the alloy includes spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structures including one or both of a) semicrystalline phases and b) crystalline phases in a glass matrix.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an iron based alloy composition that may include iron present in the range of 45 to 70 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 10 to 30 atomic percent, cobalt present in the range of 0 to 15 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 7 to 25 atomic percent, carbon present in the range of 0 to 6 atomic percent, and silicon present in the range of 0 to 2 atomic percent, wherein the alloy composition exhibits an elastic strain of greater than 0.5% and a tensile strength of greater than 1 GPa.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of spray cladding a wear plate. The method may include melting an alloy including glass forming chemistry, pouring the alloy through a nozzle to form an alloy stream, forming droplets of the alloy stream, and forming a coating of the alloy on a base metal. The base plate may exhibit a first hardness H1 of Rc 55 or less and the alloy coated base plate may exhibit a hardness H2, wherein H2>H1. In addition, the coating may exhibit nanscale or near-nanscale microstructural features in the range of 0.1 nm to 1,000 nm. Furthermore, the alloy coated base plate may exhibit a toughness of greater than 60 ft-lbs.

Abstract: A method of applying a metallic alloy overlay including providing an iron based feedstock powder including 10 to 75 weight percent iron and manganese, 10 to 60 weight percent of chromium, 1 to 30 weight percent of an interstitial element selected from boron, carbon, silicon or combinations thereof, 0 to 40 weight percent of a transition metal selected from molybdenum, tungsten or combinations thereof and 1 to 25 weight percent niobium. The method also includes providing an electrode including at least 50 weight percent iron and depositing a weld overlay with the feedstock powder and the electrode to create a metallic alloy exhibiting a grain size in the range of 1,000 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide non-stainless steel alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in sheet or pressed form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 630 MPa to 1100 MPa and elongations of 10-40%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 875 MPa to 1590 MPa and elongations of 5-30%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 1750 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a component of a concrete delivery system comprising a substrate made of relatively thin gauge carbon steel or aluminum, and a protective coating of amorphous, nano or near-nanoscale steel, or mixtures thereof, overlying the substrate, wherein the coating may be formed by thermal deposition process from multi-component glass forming steel alloys. The protective coating may also be heat treated to increase wear life.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide non-stainless steel alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in sheet or pressed form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 630 MPa to 1100 MPa and elongations of 10-40%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 875 MPa to 1590 MPa and elongations of 5-30%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 1750 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure and a method of forming an iron based glass forming honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure may include at least two sheets, each having a thickness in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.15 mm, formed from an iron based glass forming alloy comprising 40 to 68 atomic percent iron, 13 to 17 atomic percent nickel, 2 to 21 atomic percent cobalt, 12 to 19 atomic percent boron, optionally 0.1 to 6 atomic percent carbon, optionally 0.3 to 4 atomic percent silicon, optionally 1 to 20 percent chromium. The sheets may be stacked, bonded together and formed into a honeycomb. The honeycomb structure may include a plurality of cells.

Abstract: A drill pipe and a method of applying hardbanding thereto. A hardbanding alloy comprising iron and manganese present in the range of 67 to 87 weight percent (wt. %), niobium and chromium present in the range of 9 to 29 wt. %, and boron, carbon and silicon present in the range of 3 to 6.5 wt. % may be welded around at least a portion of a tool joint circumference. The hardbanding alloy may exhibit a hardness of 45 Rc to 70 Rc and a wear rate in the range of 0.08 grams to 1.60 grams of mass loss after 6,000 cycles as measured using ASTM G65-04, Procedure A.

Abstract: A tire and methods of manufacture thereof comprising a tire body and a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide non-stainless steel alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in sheet or pressed form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 630 MPa to 1100 MPa and elongations of 10-40%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 875 MPa to 1590 MPa and elongations of 5-30%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 1750 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wire and a method of forming a wire including an iron based glass forming alloy including iron present in the range of 43.0 to 68.0 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 12.0 to 19.0 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 15.0 to 17.0 atomic percent, cobalt present in the range of 2.0 to 21.0 atomic percent, optionally carbon present in the range of 0.1 to 6.0 atomic percent and optionally silicon present in the range of 0.4 to 4.0 atomic percent, wherein said wire has a thickness of 140 ?m or less and wherein said wire includes spinodal glass matrix microconstituents. The wire may be used in abrading a substrate.

Abstract: This application deals with glass forming iron based alloys which when produced as a metallic glass or mixed structure comprising metallic glass and nanocrystalline phases, results in extraordinary combinations of strength and ductility. Specifically, high strain up to 97% and high strength up to 5.9 GPa has been measured. Additionally, consistent with the amorphous structure high elasticity up to 2.6% has been observed. Thus, the new alloys developed result in structures and properties which yield high elasticity corresponding to a metallic glass, high plasticity corresponding to a ductile crystalline metal, and high strength as may be observed in nanoscale materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a glass forming alloy. The glass forming alloy may include 43.0 atomic percent to 68.0 atomic percent iron, 10.0 atomic percent to 19.0 atomic percent boron, 13.0 atomic percent to 17.0 atomic percent nickel, 2.5 atomic percent to 21.0 atomic percent cobalt, optionally 0.1 atomic percent to 6.0 atomic percent carbon, and optionally 0.3 atomic percent to 3.5 atomic percent silicon. Furthermore, the glass forming alloy includes between 5% to 95% by volume one or more spinodal glass matrix microconstituents which include one or more semi-crystalline or crystalline phases at a length scale less than 50 nm in a glass matrix. In addition, the glass forming alloy is capable of blunting shear bands through localized deformation induced changes under tension.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an iron based alloy composition that may include iron present in the range of 45 to 70 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 10 to 30 atomic percent, cobalt present in the range of 0 to 15 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 7 to 25 atomic percent, carbon present in the range of 0 to 6 atomic percent, and silicon present in the range of 0 to 2 atomic percent, wherein the alloy composition exhibits an elastic strain of greater than 0.5% and a tensile strength of greater than 1 GPa.

Abstract: A tire and methods of manufacture thereof comprising a tire body and a metal reinforcing strip comprising at least one metal alloy foil layer to provide puncture resistance, wherein the at least one metal alloy foil layer comprises a spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at formulations and methods to provide new steel alloys having relatively high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in sheet or pressed form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride grains present as pinning phases. Mechanical properties of the alloys in what is termed a Class 1 Steel indicate yield strengths of 300 MPa to 840 MPa, tensile strengths of 630 to 1100 MPa and elongations of 10% to 40%. In what is termed a Class 2 steel, the alloys indicate yield strengths of 300 MPa to 1300 MPa, tensile strengths of 720 MPa to 1580 MPa and elongations of 5% to 35%.