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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7217952 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A technique for manufacturing TFTs having little dispersion in their electrical characteristics is provided. Contamination of a semiconductor film is reduced by performing oxidation processing having an organic matter removing effect, forming a clean oxide film, aft... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6994147 | Semi-solid metal casting process of hypereutectic aluminum alloys A method for the refining of primary silicon in hypereutectic alloys by mixing at least two hypereutectic alloys into a solid/semi-solid hypereutectic slurry is described. The method provides control of the morphology, size, and distribution of primary Si in a hyper... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6911183 | Moving microdroplets The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis modules, and radiation detectors. The discrete droplets are differentially heated ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6690759 | Zirconium-base alloy and nuclear reactor component comprising the same Disclosed herein are zirconium-base alloys excellent in both corrosion resistance and hydrogen absorption property, useful as materials for nuclear reactors. Such a zirconium-base alloy for nuclear reactors comprises 0.5-2 wt. % Sn, 0.07-0.6 wt. % Fe, 0.0... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6572792 | Composition of matter tailoring: system 1 A composition of matter includes a changed underlying electronic structure of a mass or matter containing a `p`, `d` and/or `f` atomic orbital. The structural change is accompanied by changes in energy or mass or both.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6376104 | Production of gold decorative items A process of producing a gold decorative item, including, sequentially producing an alloy of gold, silver, copper and zinc, forming the gold alloy into a specific shape according to the design of the decorative item and polishing the surface of the decora... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6315838 | Densification via thermal treatment A method for creep cavity shrinkage and/or porosity reduction without applied stress. The thermal treatment is found to increase the rate of densification relative to isothermal annealing, allowing for more rapid recovery of desired theoretical density in... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6165624 | Article and method of producing a double oxide film In the formation of a double oxide film of Li element and a metal element other than Li element, a metal body of the metal element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, V, Fe, Cr and Al is immersed in an alkaline solution containing Li ion to cond... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6068001 | Process for stainless steel pickling and passivation without using nitric acid Process for stainless steel pickling consisting in placing the material to be treated in a bath kept at a temperature ranging from 30° C. to 70° C. and containing: a) HCl b) Fe3+ c) HF d) emulsifiers, wetting agents, polishing agents, acid attack ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5981387 | Method for forming silicide film in semiconductor device Disclosed is a method for forming a silicide film on bit lines or word lines in a semiconductor device. The method includes the steps of: placing a substrate within a reacting chamber, the substrate having an objective layer on which a metal silicide film... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5651839 | Process for engineering coherent twin and coincident site lattice grain boundaries in polycrystalline materials A process for producing coherent twin, incoherent twin, low angle tilt, high angle tilt or CSL grain boundaries in materials is described. A planar material or a planar substrate coated with the polycrystalline material is heated in selected areas so as t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5551997 | Beryllium-containing alloys of aluminum and semi-solid processing of such alloys Disclosed is a practical aluminum based alloy containing 1 to 99 weight percent beryllium, and improved methods of semi-solid processing of aluminum alloys containing beryllium. The present methods avoid molten beryllium, agitation of molten aluminum-bery... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5436195 | Method of fabricating an integrated semiconductor light modulator and laser In a method of fabricating an integrated semiconductor light modulator and laser device, a semiconductor layer having first and second regions of different crystal compositions is produced on each chip region of a semiconductor wafer by a selective crysta... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5133811 | Thixotropic materials A method of producing a thixotropic material is provided which consists of deforming a fully solidified metal or metal alloy below its temperature of recrystallization by cold or warm working such as extrusion or rolling. The deformed material is then cau... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5094700 | Solder and brazing alloys having improved properties and method of preparation A solder or brazing alloy having improved properties by reason of the presence of at least one uniformly dispersed non-acicular and non-dendritic intermetallic phase having a particle size of about 1 to 25 microns. A method of preparing the alloy comprise... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5009844 | Process for manufacturing spheroidal hypoeutectic aluminum alloy A semi-solid metal-forming process for producing an article of a hypoeutectic aluminum-silicon alloy comprises heating a solid billet of the alloy to a temperature intermediate the liquidus temperature and the solidus temperature at a rate not greater tha... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4772339 | Method of treating cemented carbide bodies regarding their compositions and structures The present invention relates to a unique and advantageous method making possible a superior technical and economical separation of cemented carbide bodies based upon their compositions and structures. The critical point of the method is, that after formation ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4583608 | Heat treatment of single crystals Concepts relating to the heat treatment of single crystal superalloy articles are disclosed. A first concept is the use of a heat treatment sequence which includes incipient melting of the article being heat treated followed by one or more steps which ess... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4572818 | Process for purifying metal compositions Purified metal compositions and metal compositions free of secondary phase material are produced by heating a metal alloy from the nonequilibrium solidus temperature while subjecting the liquid-solid mixture to high pressure and forcing the liquid through... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4295896 | Method for making metal alloy compositions and composition Metal compositions having significantly improved mechanical properties and substantially free of second phase material are produced by heating a metal alloy from the non-equilibrium solidus temperature while subjecting the liquid-solid mixture to high pre... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4231814 | Method of producing a vacuum circuit breaker A method of producing a vacuum circuit breaker, the breaker contacts of which are made of a cast alloy which contains copper or a copper alloy as its main component and, as the sub-component, a metal having a lower melting point and a higher vapor pressur... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4174233 | Expansion process for reducing the stresses in a seamless metal tube A process for reducing the residual stresses in a seamless metal tube which has undergone a straightening operation comprising subjecting the tube to an internal pressure of between 0.8 Pc and 1.0 Pc for a period of at least 3 minutes, while maintaining t... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4129459 | Method for diminishing the strength and ductility of steel utilizing a lithium-indium-amalgam containing a small amount of vanadium pentoxide New reactants for catastrophically embrittling steel having a hardness of ckwell C40 or greater comprising an amalgam of 98 to 99 weight percent mercury, the balance being lithium and indium; and an aqueous solution of vanadium pentoxide, and methods for ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4120701 | Reactant for steel New reactants for catastrophically embrittling steel having a hardness of ckwell C40 or greater comprising an amalgam of 98 to 99 weight percent mercury, the balance being lithium and indium; and sulfuric acid, and methods for applying said reactants to t... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4011150 | Method of treating refining segments A method for the treatment of the surface of refining elements or segments is disclosed. The refining segment surfaces, which generally include grooves and ridges, are normally subjected to mechanical polishing or grinding prior to use, thereby smoothing ... | 03/08/1977 |
