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Advanced case carburizing secondary hardening steels

US6176946A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H55/06
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Steel alloys susceptible to case and core hardening comprising 0.05 to 0.24 weight percent carbon; 15 to 28 weight percent cobalt and 1.5 to 9.5 weight percent in nickel, small percentages of one or more additives: chromium, molybdenum, and vanadium; and the balance iron.

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