High strength and density tungsten-uranium alloys
US5261941A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12167
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Alloys of tungsten and uranium and a method for making the alloys. The amount of tungsten present in the alloys is from about 55 vol % to about 85 vol %. A porous preform is made by sintering consolidated tungsten powder. The preform is impregnated with molten uranium such that (1) uranium fills the pores of the preform to form uranium in a tungsten matrix or (2) uranium dissolves portions of the preform to form a continuous uranium phase containing tungsten particles.
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