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Title: Aluminum-cerium-manganese alloy embodiments for metal additive manufacturing

Abstract

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Mn alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Eck Industries Incorporated, Manitowoc, WI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1987234
Patent Number(s):
11608546
Application Number:
16/894,551
Assignee:
UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); Eck Industries Incorporated (Manitowoc, WI); Iowa State University Research Foundation (Ames, IA); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11358; AC05-00OR22725; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/05/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Allard, Lawrence F., Bahl, Sumit, Dehoff, Ryan R., Henderson, Hunter B., Kesler, Michael S., McCall, Scott K., Nandwana, Peeyush, Ott, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex J., Rios, Orlando, Shyam, Amit, Sims, Zachary C., Sisco, Kevin, Weiss, David, and Yang, Ying. Aluminum-cerium-manganese alloy embodiments for metal additive manufacturing. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Allard, Lawrence F., Bahl, Sumit, Dehoff, Ryan R., Henderson, Hunter B., Kesler, Michael S., McCall, Scott K., Nandwana, Peeyush, Ott, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex J., Rios, Orlando, Shyam, Amit, Sims, Zachary C., Sisco, Kevin, Weiss, David, & Yang, Ying. Aluminum-cerium-manganese alloy embodiments for metal additive manufacturing. United States.
Allard, Lawrence F., Bahl, Sumit, Dehoff, Ryan R., Henderson, Hunter B., Kesler, Michael S., McCall, Scott K., Nandwana, Peeyush, Ott, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex J., Rios, Orlando, Shyam, Amit, Sims, Zachary C., Sisco, Kevin, Weiss, David, and Yang, Ying. Tue . "Aluminum-cerium-manganese alloy embodiments for metal additive manufacturing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987234.
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