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Metal member manufacturing method and metal member

US9279186B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2010
Grant dateMar 8, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12479
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A metallic material containing both a second constituent and a third constituent having positive and negative heats of mixing relative to a first constituent, respectively, and including a compound, an alloy or a nonequilibrium alloy having a melting point that is higher than the solidifying point of a metal bath made of the first constituent is placed in the metal bath. The metal bath is controlled to a temperature lower than a minimum value of a liquidus temperature within a range of compositional variations in which the amount of the third constituent in the metallic material decreases down to a point where the metallic material becomes substantially the second constituent so that the third constituent is selectively dissolved into the metal bath.

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