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Title: Modification of surface properties of copper-refractory metal alloys

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5440722

The surface properties of copper-refractory metal (CU-RF) alloy bodies are modified by heat treatments which cause the refractory metal to form a coating on the exterior surfaces of the alloy body. The alloys have a copper matrix with particles or dendrites of the refractory metal dispersed therein, which may be niobium, vanadium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten. The surface properties of the bodies are changed from those of copper to that of the refractory metal.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
Iowa State Univ. Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5252147; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-655236
OSTI ID:
5440722
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 11 Feb 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English