Alloy solution hardening with solute pairs

US3976479A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · US

Inventor

• John William Mitchell · Allentown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 1974
• Grant date: Aug 24, 1976
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C22C9/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Solution hardened alloys are formed by using at least two solutes which form associated solute pairs in the solvent metal lattice. Copper containing equal atomic percentages of aluminum and palladium is an example.