Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140076467 | BULK NICKEL-SILICON-BORON GLASSES BEARING CHROMIUM - Nickel based alloys capable of forming bulk metallic glass are provided. The alloys include Ni—Cr—Si—B compositions, with additions of P and Mo, and are capable of forming a metallic glass rod having a diameter of at least 1 mm. In one example of the present disclosure, the Ni—Cr—Mo—Si—B—P composition includes about 4.5 to 5 atomic percent of Cr, about 0.5 to 1 atomic percent of Mo, about 5.75 atomic percent of Si, about 11.75 atomic percent of B, about 5 atomic percent of P, and the balance is Ni, and wherein the critical metallic glass rod diameter is between 2.5 and 3 mm and the notch toughness between 55 and 65 MPa m | 03-20-2014 |
20140096873 | BULK NICKEL-PHOSPHORUS-BORON GLASSES BEARING MOLYBDENUM - The disclosure provides Ni—Mo—P—B, Ni—Mo—Nb—P—B, and Ni—Mo—Nb—Mn—P—B alloys capable of forming metallic glass objects. The metallic glass objects can have lateral dimensions in excess of 1 mm and as large as 3 mm or larger. The disclosure also provides methods for forming the metallic glasses. | 04-10-2014 |
20140116579 | BULK NICKEL-BASED CHROMIUM AND PHOSPHORUS BEARING METALLIC GLASSES WITH HIGH TOUGHNESS - A Ni-based bulk metallic glass forming alloy is provided. The alloy includes Ni | 05-01-2014 |
20140130942 | BULK IRON-NICKEL GLASSES BEARING PHOSPHORUS-BORON AND GERMANIUM - An alloy comprising Fe, Ni, P, B and Ge is disclosed, having a composition according to the formula [Fe | 05-15-2014 |
20140130945 | BULK NICKEL-PHOSPHORUS-BORON GLASSES BEARING CHROMIUM AND TANTALUM - A bulk-glass forming Ni—Cr—Nb—P—B alloy is provided. The alloy includes Ni | 05-15-2014 |
20140190593 | BULK NICKEL-SILICON-BORON GLASSES BEARING IRON - Ni—Fe—Si—B and Ni—Fe—Si—B—P metallic glass forming alloys and metallic glasses are provided. Metallic glass rods with diameters of at least one, up to three millimeters, or more can be formed from the disclosed alloys. The disclosed metallic glasses demonstrate high yield strength combined with high corrosion resistance, while for a relatively high Fe contents the metallic glasses are ferromagnetic. | 07-10-2014 |
20140202596 | MELT OVERHEATING METHOD FOR IMPROVED TOUGHNESS AND GLASS-FORMING ABILITY OF METALLIC GLASSES - A method of forming a bulk metallic glass is provided. The method includes overheating the alloy melt to a temperature above a threshold temperature, T | 07-24-2014 |
20140213384 | GOLF CLUB FABRICATED FROM BULK METALLIC GLASSES WITH HIGH TOUGHNESS AND HIGH STIFFNESS - Golf clubs formed from bulk-solidifying amorphous metals (i.e., metallic glasses) having high elastic modulus and fracture toughness, and to methods of forming the same are provided. Among other components, the golf club materials disclosed enable fabrication of flexural membranes or shells used in golf club heads (drivers, fairways, hybrids, irons, wedges and putters) exhibiting enhanced flexural or bending compliance together with the ability to deform plastically and avoid brittle fracture or catastrophic failure when overloaded under bending loads. Further, the high strength of the material and its density, comparable to that of steel, enables the redistribution of mass in the golf club while maintaining a desired overall target mass. | 07-31-2014 |
20140238551 | BULK NICKEL-PHOSPHORUS-BORON GLASSES BEARING MANGANESE - The disclosure is directed to Ni—P—B alloys bearing Mn and optionally Cr and Mo that are capable of forming a metallic glass, and more particularly metallic glass rods with diameters at least 1 mm and as large as 5 mm or larger. The disclosure is further directed to Ni—Mn—Cr—Mo—P—B alloys capable of demonstrating a good combination of glass forming ability, strength, toughness, bending ductility, and corrosion resistance. | 08-28-2014 |
20140283956 | METHODS FOR SHAPING HIGH ASPECT RATIO ARTICLES FROM METALLIC GLASS ALLOYS USING RAPID CAPACITIVE DISCHARGE AND METALLIC GLASS FEEDSTOCK FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS - The disclosure is directed to a method of forming high-aspect-ratio metallic glass articles that are substantially free of defects and cosmetic flaws by means of rapid capacitive discharge forming. Metallic glass alloys that are stable against crystallization for at least 100 ms at temperatures where the viscosity is in the range of 10 | 09-25-2014 |
20140345755 | BULK NICKEL-BASED CHROMIUM AND PHOSPHORUS BEARING METALLIC GLASSES WITH HIGH TOUGHNESS - A Ni-based bulk metallic glass forming alloy is provided. The alloy includes Ni | 11-27-2014 |
20150020929 | BULK GLASS STEEL WITH HIGH GLASS FORMING ABILITY - The present disclosure provides specified ranges in the Fe—Mo—Ni—Cr—P—C—B alloys such that the alloys are capable of forming bulk glasses having unexpectedly high glass-forming ability. The critical rod diameter of the disclosed alloys is at least 10 mm. | 01-22-2015 |
20150047755 | BULK NICKEL-PHOSPHORUS-BORON GLASSES BEARING MANGANESE, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM - The present disclosure is directed to Ni—P—B alloys and glasses containing small fractions of Nb and Ta and optionally Mn. Over a specific range, the alloys are capable of forming bulk metallic glasses having critical casting thickness in excess of 1 mm. In one embodiment, compositions with a Mn content of between 3 and 4 atomic percent, Nb content of about 3 atomic percent, B content of about 3 atomic percent, and P content of about 16.5 atomic percent, where the balance in Ni, were capable of forming bulk metallic glass rods with diameters as large as 5 mm or larger. In another embodiment, Ni-based compositions with a Mn content of between 5 and 7 atomic percent, Ta content of between 1 and 2 atomic percent, B content of about 3 atomic percent, and P content of about 16.5 atomic percent, where the balance in Ni, were capable of forming bulk metallic glass rods with diameters as large as 5 mm or larger. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050181 | FLUXING METHOD TO REVERSE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM IMPURITIES IN NICKEL-BASED GLASS-FORMING ALLOYS - A fluxing method is disclosed by which the melt of aluminum-contaminated Ni-based glass-forming alloys is fluxed using a fluxing agent based on boron and oxygen in order to reverse the adverse effects of aluminum impurities on the glass-forming ability and toughness. | 02-19-2015 |