Alloys or metallic compositions inventions 07/06

20060165550 - Raw material alloy for r-t-b system sintered magnet, r-t-b system sintered magnet and production method thereof: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a highly coercive R-T-B system sintered magnet by making the crystal microstructure of a raw material alloy prepared by strip casting more uniform, thereby making the crushed powder obtained from such raw material alloy more fine and making the size...

20060165551 - Hardfacing alloy: A hardfacing alloy for use as a surfacing on metal that are subjected to high thermal and mechanical stresses. The hardfacing alloy includes at least about 7 weight percent chromium, at least about 0.02 weight percent nitrogen, metal sensitization inhibitor, and a majority weight percent iron. The hardfacing alloy includes...

20060165552 - Hardfacing electrode: An electrode to form a hardfacing alloy for use as a surfacing on metal that is subjected to high thermal and mechanical stresses. The electrode includes chromium, a metal sensitization inhibitor, and iron to form a hardfacing alloy....

20060165553 - Ni base alloy: A nickel-base alloy comprising, by mass, at least 29% but less than 42% chromium, more than 1 and not more than 3% tantalum, 0.001 to 0.05% magnesium, 0.001 to 0.04% nitrogen and 0.05 to 0.5% manganese, with the balance being nickel and inadvertent impurities. A nickel-base alloy comprising, by mass,...

20060165554 - Alloy: An iridium alloy consists essentially of iridium and at least one of W and Zr, and optionally Rh. When present, W comprises between 0.01 and 5 wt % of the alloy; when present in combination with W, Zr comprises between 0.01 and 0.5 wt % of the alloy; when present...

20060153729 - Medical devices and methods of making the same: Medical devices, such as stents, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device includes an alloy having tantalum, tungsten, zirconium and niobium. For example, the alloy can include from about 20% to about 40% by weight of tantalum, from about 0.5% to about 9%...

20060153730 - Cu-ni-mn-al alloys: Strength and hardness of a copper-nickel-aluminium-manganese alloy is improved where the alloy contains nickel in the range ≧21% to ≦26% by weight, aluminium in the range ≧2.1% to ≦3.2% by weight and the Ni:Al ratio is between 8 and 10 (in terms of wt %)....

20060147334 - Noble dental alloy: A dental prosthesis may be cast and machined from a cobalt-, iron- and/or nickel-chromium base dental alloy comprising at least 25% metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and gold wherein the major portion or at least 15%, whichever is larger, of metal in...

20060147335 - Niobium-silicide based compositions, and related articles: A refractory composition comprising niobium and silicon is disclosed. The amount of silicon present is less than about 9 atom %, based on total atomic percent for the composition. A turbine engine component (e.g., a gas turbine) is also described herein. The component comprises an alloy of niobium and silicon,...

20060147336 - Ni alloy anode material for electrolytic ni plating: An object of the present invention is to provide a Ni alloy anode material for Ni electroplating, which exhibits high plating yield. The Ni alloy anode material of the present invention comprises a Ni alloy consisting essentially of high-purity Ni having purity of 99.99 mass % or higher and, as...

20060147337 - Solder composition: The present invention relates to a lead-free solder composition having a low coefficient of thermal expansion to reduce the likelihood of thermal shock to a glass substrate. The solder composition includes a granular material added to lead-free solder where the granular material may include fused silica, zirconium oxide, Invar®, or...