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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7238296 | Resistive composition, resistor using the same, and making method thereof When the entire amount of conductive metal mixed powder made of copper, manganese, and germanium is 100 parts by weight, the metal mixed powder is formed by mixing 4.0 to 13.0 parts manganese by weight, 0.2 to 1.4 parts germanium by weight, and 85.6 to 95.8 parts co... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186471 | Chemically ordered, cobalt-three platinum alloys for magnetic recording A magnetic recording layer having polycrystalline chemical ordered (COX)3Pt or (COX)3PtY alloys. The additive X comprises Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, B, or C, or any combination ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6994757 | Resistive materials Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent of iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6913657 | Hard precious metal alloy member and method of manufacturing same A hard precious metal alloy member is constituted of a gold alloy, which has a gold Au content of from 37.50 to 98.45 wt %, and contains a hardening additive in a range of not less than 50 ppm but less than 15,000 ppm, wherein the hardening additive is constituted o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6846370 | Resistive materials Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent or iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6401493 | Lining material for glass melting furnaces, glass melting furnaces, process for producing glass products, and process for purifying the lining material A lining material for glass melting furnaces comprises platinum or platinum alloy as a base material containing osmium as an impurity in an amount no more than 20 ppm. The lining material is used for that part of the melting furnace which comes into conta... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5939220 | Catalyst A novel catalyst comprising a Pt--M alloy wherein M is one or more metals selected from the transition metal elements or from Groups IIIA or IVA of the Periodic Table in "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" 64th Edition, CRC Press, and Y wherein Y is a bro... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5807468 | Anode electrolysis electrode material using precious metal-based amorphous alloy suitable for plastic processing and applicable to a bulk member An electrode having an excellent corrosion resistance and long service life even in a severe corrosive environment such as in NaCl solutions for anode electrolysis in which chlorine gas or the like is produced at a high potential from the alloy surface. T... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5282946 | Platinum-cobalt alloy sputtering target and method for manufacturing same A sputtering target of platinum-cobalt alloy is disclosed which contains 10 to 55% by weight of platinum; 1 to 15% by weight of a first additional element selected from the group consisting of nickel and tantalum; no more than 1.5% by weight of a second a... | 02/01/1994 |
| 4764435 | Metalizing or bonding composition for non-oxide ceramics A metal composition usable as a brazing material for bonding a metal to a non-oxide ceramic. The brazing material contains, at least, one or more metals selected from a first group of transition metals consisting of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru and Os, and one or m... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4165983 | Jewelry alloys An alloy suitable for use in the fabrication of jewelry containing at least 95% by weight platinum and 1.5 to 3.5% by weight gallium, the balance being at least one of indium, gold, palladium, silver, copper, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, iridium and rhodium... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4159909 | Cathode target material compositions for magnetic sputtering A method for the magnetron sputtering of ferromagnetic material. An alloy of the ferromagnetic material is formed such that the alloy retains the desired characteristics of the material but the alloy has a Curie temperature that is below the sputtering te... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4093453 | Method of making an ordered alloy A method of making a substantially ordered alloy which involves providing a metal base consisting of at least one of the ingredients of the desired alloy, depositing a thin metal layer on the base, the metal layer containing the remaining constituents of ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3961946 | Magnetic alloy for use in thermo and magneto printing Magnetic alloy containing platinum, cobalt and nickel is disclosed which is suitable for use with magnetic recording medium, especially for use with an intermediate magnetic recording medium in thermo and magneto printing.... | 06/08/1976 |
