Iron-carbon compacts and process for making them

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873108

Sheinberg, Haskell ^[1]

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1. Santa Fe, NM

The present invention includes iron-carbon compacts and a process for making them. The process includes preparing a slurry comprising iron powder, furfuryl alcohol, and a polymerization catalyst for initiating the polymerization of the furfuryl alcohol into a resin, and heating the slurry to convert the alcohol into the resin. The resulting mixture is pressed into a green body and heated to form the iron-carbon compact. The compact can be used as, or machined into, a magnetic flux concentrator for an induction heating apparatus.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 6093232
• OSTI ID: 873108
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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compacts
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furfuryl
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polymerization
catalyst
initiating
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heating
convert
resulting
mixture
pressed
green
heated
form
compact
machined
magnetic
flux
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induction
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resulting mixture
magnetic flux
polymerization catalyst
heating apparatus
furfuryl alcohol
induction heating
iron-carbon compacts
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