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| 8147585 | Multi-component composition metal injection molding A metal alloy feedstock and method for metal injection molding is disclosed. The alloy includes at least two components, such as a first component and a second component. The first component has a first melting point and the second component has a second melting poi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142540 | Alloyed zinc powders with pierced particles for alkaline batteries The invention concerns alloyed zinc powders for alkaline batteries and a method to manufacture such powders The powders are characterized by the presence of particles pierced with at least one hole. This appears to benefit the high drain discharge capacity wh... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133297 | Metal powder The invention relates to novel pre-alloyed metal powders a method for production and use thereof. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128725 | Nickel powder, method for manufacturing same, conductor paste, and multilayer ceramic electronic component using same A nickel powder with an average particle size of 0.05 to 1.0 μm, which is composed of nickel particles having an oxidized surface layer and containing sulfur, wherein the sulfur content with respect to the total weight of the powder is 100 to 2000 ppm, and the inte... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110020 | Metallurgical powder composition and method of production An annealed pre-alloyed water atomised iron-based powder suitable for the production of pressed and sintered components having high wear resistance is provided. The iron-based powder comprises 10-below 18% by weight of Cr, 0.5-5% by weight of each of at least one of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105414 | Lead solder-free electronics A composition may have metal nanoparticles having a diameter of 20 nanometers or less and have a fusion temperature of less than about 220° C. A method of fabricating the metal nanoparticles may include preparing a solvent, adding a precursor with a metal to the so... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075662 | Nickel braze alloy composition A nickel braze alloy composition includes a blend of a first nickel alloy and a second nickel alloy. The first nickel alloy includes about 4.75 wt %-10.5 wt % of chromium, about 5.5 wt %-6.7 wt % of aluminum, up to about 13 wt % cobalt, about 3.75 wt %-9.0 wt % of t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8048191 | Compound magnetic powder and magnetic powder cores, and methods for making them thereof The present invention provides a compound powder for making magnetic powder cores, a kind of magnetic powder core, and a process for making them. Said compound powder is a mixture composing of powder A and powder B, the content of powder A is 50-96 wt % and the cont... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043405 | Densified molybdenum metal powder Densified molybdenum metal powder. Densified molybdenum metal powder has substantially generally spherical particles, surface-area-to-mass ratio of no more than about 0.5 m2/g as determined by BET analysis, and a flowability greater than about 32 s/50 g a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043406 | Molybdenum metal powder Molybdenum metal powder. Molybdenum metal powder includes molybdenum metal particles having a surface-area-to-mass ratio of between about 1 m2/g and about 4 m2/g, as determined by BET analysis, and a flowability of between about 29 s/50 g and 8... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034154 | Method for repairing cracks in components and solder material for soldering components The invention relates to a method for repairing components that consist of a superalloy. The method comprises the following steps: a solder material is applied to the repair site; the repair site with the applied solder material is heated until the latter melts; and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8016908 | Metal powder production system and method A metal powder production system includes a vacuum chamber having a vacuum chamber interior, a stock feed mechanism communicating with the vacuum chamber interior, a radiation source provided in the vacuum chamber interior, a cooling chamber having a cooling chamber... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7947106 | Sb-Te alloy powder for sintering, sintered compact sputtering target obtained by sintering said powder, and manufacturing method of Sb-Te alloy powder for sintering Provided is Sb—Te alloy powder for sintering in which the maximum grain size of the powder obtained by subjecting gas atomized powder of an Sb—Te alloy to mechanical pulverization is 90 μm or less, and a sintered compact sputtering target obtained by sintering ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7867315 | Hard-particle powder for sintered body and sintered body The invention provides a hard-particle powder for sintered body, which contains, by mass %, 2% to 3.5% of Si, 6% to 10% of Cr, 20% to 35% of Mo, 0.01% to 0.5% of REM, and the remainder being Co and unavoidable impurities. The invention further provides a sintered bo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857886 | Powder for laminated ceramic capacitor internal electrode A metal alloy powder containing at least two alloying elements selected from the group of Ni, Cu, Cr, Sn, Mn, Co and W containing 1 to 99% by weight Ni, 1 to 99% by weight Cu, 6 to 60% by weight Cr, 6 to 15% by weight Sn, 6 to 15% by weight Mn, 6 to 15% by weight Co... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7846232 | Method of producing titanium A method of producing titanium metal from a titanium-containing material includes the steps of producing a solution of M″TiF6 from the titanium-containing material, selectively precipitating M′2TiF6 from the solution by the addit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7824463 | Method for the production of niobium and tantalum powder Process for the production of valve metal powders, in particular niobium and tantalum powder, by reduction of corresponding valve metal oxide powders by means of vaporous reducing metals and/or hydrides thereof, preferably in the presence of an inert carrier gas, wh... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7785391 | Dendritic metal nanostructures Dendritic metal nanostructures made using a surfactant structure template, a metal salt, and electron donor species. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785390 | Molybdenum metal powder and production thereof Molybdenum metal powder has surface-area-to-mass-ratios in a range of between about 1.0 meters2/gram (m2/g) and about 3.0 m2/g, as determined by BET analysis, in combination with a particle size wherein at least 30% of the particles ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7740683 | Powder for manufacturing precious metal products by free forming fabrication and products The present invention relates to metal powders mixtures which are intended for manufacturing precious metal products which have special designs and complex geometries, also including those which consist of several uninterrupted parts which are indivisibly but flexib... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727303 | Non-magnetic nickel powders and method for preparing the same Provided are non-magnetic nickel powders and a method for preparing the same. The nickel powders are non-magnetic and have a HCP crystal structure. An exemplary method includes (a) dispersing nickel powders with a FCC crystal structure in an organic solvent to prepa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7713328 | Metallic colloid particles and process for producing same There are disclosed metallic colloid particles containing platinum fine particles wherein platinum colloid particles are supported on the surfaces of gold colloid particles, and the platinum fine particles have an average particle diameter of at most 5 nm; a process... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7691175 | Granular metal powder When fine metal particles of a nanometer size are handled in a state of colloidal particles, it is difficult to handle them and the range of the selection of the solvent to be used is limited. The invention offers a granular metal powder that is produced by the step... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7678175 | Metalothermic reduction of refractory metal oxides High purity refractory metals, valve metals, refractory metal oxides, valve metal oxides, or alloys thereof suitable for a variety of electrical, optical and mill product/fabricated parts usages are produced from their respective oxides by metalothermic reduction of... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7637982 | Method for making wick structure of heat pipe and powders for making the same A group of powders (40) for making a wick structure of a heat pipe includes main powders (50) and supplemental powders (60). The melting point of the supplemental powder is lower than that of the main powder. During a sintering process, the powd... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7625421 | Molybdenum metal powders Novel forms of molybdenum metal. Novel forms of molybdenum metal are characterized by a surface area of substantially about 2.1 m2/g to substantially about 4.1 m2/g. Novel forms of molybdenum metal are also characterized by a relatively uniform... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7618475 | Metal powder for electrically conductive paste and electrically conductive paste A metal powder for a conductive paste has an average particle diameter D50 not greater than 5 μm and an X value defined by equation (1) not greater than 0.5: X value=D50 (μm)/BET specific surface area (m2/g) (1) Th... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7594947 | Niobium powder, sintered body thereof, and capacitor using the same A niobium powder comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, cerium, neodymium, titanium, rhenium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, zinc, silicon, germanium, ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7534282 | High purity metal Mo coarse powder and sintered sputtering target produced by thereof A sintered sputtering target for forming a high purity metal Mo thin film having a remarkably little particle generation is provided. A high purity metal Mo coarse powder as a raw material is provided for making this target. The sintered sputtering target has a theo... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7527667 | Powder metallurgical compositions and methods for making the same Metallurgical powder compositions of the present invention include an iron based powder combined with a master alloy powder, as a mechanical property enhancing powder. The addition of master alloy powders has been found to enhance the mechanical properties of the fi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7491257 | Silver particle powder and method of manufacturing same A fine silver particle powder is provided that is a suitable material for interconnects used to form fine circuit patterns especially by the inkjet method, and a method of manufacturing the powder. Although the powder is fine and therefore has a large specific surfa... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7455712 | Face-centered cubic structure alloy particles and method of manufacturing same Alloy particles of an alloy having a face-centered cubic structure comprise at least one selected from Fe and Co and at least one selected from Pt and Pd as principal components. The alloy particles have a TEM-measured average grain size (DTEM) of not mor... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7445658 | Titanium and titanium alloys A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to conver... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442227 | Tightly agglomerated non-oxide particles and method for producing the same A non-oxide powder of which at least about 40% by mass is comprised of a plurality of tightly agglomerated compositions, each of the tightly agglomerated compositions comprising a plurality of primary particles agglomerated together. Suitable materials for the prima... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435360 | Manufacturing process of conductive composition and a manufacturing process of conductive paste A manufacturing method of conductive paste comprising arranging process (S20 to S23) of ceramics particles, arranging process (S10 to S14) of wetted metal particles, forming process (S30) of slurry wherein metal particles and ceram... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435282 | Elemental material and alloy A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to conver... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413805 | Preparation of metallic particles for electrokinetic or electrostatic deposition Metallic particles for electrokinetic or electrostatic deposition, and a method for making such particles, comprising metallic particle bodies, an organic acid film on the particle bodies, and a charge director adhered to the organic acid film. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407526 | Food additive The invention concerns an iron powder for fortifying foodstuff. The powder consists of a reduced iron powder having irregularly shaped particles, wherein the iron powder has a ratio AD:PD less than 0.3, wherein AD is the apparent density in g/cm3, and PD ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404841 | Composite powder and gall-resistant coating A composite powder includes an FeMo based first powder including between about 20% and about 55% by weight Fe and between about 45% and about 80% by weight of Mo. The composite powder also includes an aluminum bronze based second powder blended with the FeMo based f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7383776 | System and method for processing ferrotungsten and other tungsten alloys, articles formed therefrom and methods for detecting the same Systems and methods for refining or otherwise processing tungsten alloys, including ferrotungsten powder and articles formed therefrom, and methods for detecting the presence of the same. The methods include at least one of magnetically-separating and particle-size-... | 06/10/2008 |
