Method of fabricating a homogeneous wire of inter-metallic alloy

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:873760

Ohriner, Evan Keith ^[1]; Blue, Craig Alan ^[1]

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1. Knoxville, TN

A method for fabricating a homogeneous wire of inter-metallic alloy comprising the steps of providing a base-metal wire bundle comprising a metal, an alloy or a combination thereof; working the wire bundle through at least one die to obtain a desired dimension and to form a precursor wire; and, controllably heating the precursor wire such that a portion of the wire will become liquid while simultaneously maintaining its desired shape, whereby substantial homogenization of the wire occurs in the liquid state and additional homogenization occurs in the solid state resulting in a homogenous alloy product.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• Assignee: U T Battelle (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 6238498
• OSTI ID: 873760
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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