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Needle shaped alloy powders based on iron and their use

US4985073A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 1989
Grant dateJan 15, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/712
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Needle shaped alloy pigment powders consisting essentially of iron, silicon and aluminum, with up to 1.0% by weight of chromium and one or both of cobalt or tin in amounts from 0.3 to 3% by weight of cobalt and from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of tin, based in each case on the iron, are useful as the magnetic powders used in magnetic recording devices.

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