Nanoal LLC

General Cable Technologies Corporation

Nanoai LLC

Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

Naneal LLC

Northwestern University

Nhon Q Vo

Davaadorj Bayansan

Francisco U Flores

Evander Ramos

Shenjia Zhang

Joseph R Croteau

Janusz Stanislaw Sekunda

Cornelius A Muojekwu

Richard Stephen Baker

Amirreza Sanaty-Zadeh

Srinivas Siripurapu

David C Dunand

David N Seidman

Terry C Lowe

Nicholas John Duer

Jean Bilodeau

Joshua P Dorn

Vincent R Jansen

Amirreza Sanaty-Zedah

Martin Lecours

Aluminum-zinc-magnesium base alloys that comprise a transition metal and/or a rare earth metal are provided. The disclosed aluminum alloys are suitable for use in additive manufacturing and welding processes due to their mechanical properties and thermal stability. Methods for producing the disclosed alloys, as well as methods of manufacturing aluminum alloy components, are also provided.

High-performance Al—Zn—Mg—Zr base aluminum alloys for welding and additive manufacturing

Aluminum-manganese-zirconium-inoculant alloys that exhibit high strength, high ductility, high creep resistance, high thermal stability, and durability, and can be fabricated utilizing recycled used aluminum cans.

High-performance 3000-series aluminum alloys

Improved 8000-series aluminum alloys exhibiting improved creep resistance and stress relaxation resistance are disclosed and are useful to form wires. The improved 8000-series aluminum alloys include a rare earth element. The electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy is substantially unaffected by the addition of the rare earth element.

Wires formed from improved 8000-series aluminum alloy

Aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloys, fabricated by inventive processes, that exhibit high strength, high conductivity, and high thermal stability.

High-performance 6000-series aluminum alloy structures

Aluminum-magnesium-manganese-zirconium-inoculant alloys that exhibit high strength, good ductility, high creep resistance, high thermal stability and durability.

High-performance 5000-series aluminum alloys

Aluminum alloys, fabricated by a rapid solidification process, with high strength, high ductility, high corrosion resistance, high creep resistance, and good weldability.

Ribbons and powders from high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloys

Aluminum-magnesium alloys useful as welding wire and mechanical support are disclosed. The aluminum-magnesium alloys exhibit improved cold wire drawing performance. Grain refiners and methods of forming the aluminum-magnesium alloys are further disclosed.

Welding wires formed from improved aluminum-magnesium alloys

This invention relates to a series of castable aluminum alloys with excellent creep and aging resistance, high electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity at elevated temperatures. The cast article comprises 0.4 to 2% by weight iron, 0 to 4% by weight nickel, 0.1 to 0.6 or about 0.1 to 0.8% by weight zirconium, optional 0.1 to 0.6% by weight vanadium, optional 0.1 to 2% by weight titanium, at least one inoculant such as 0.07-0.15% by weight tin, or 0.07-0.15% by weight indium, or 0.07-0.15% by weight antimony, or 0.02-0.2% by weight silicon, and aluminum as the remainder. The aluminum alloys contain a simultaneous dispersion of AlFe, AlX (X=Fe, Ni) and/or AlFeNi intermetallic in the eutectic regions and a dispersion of nano-precipitates of AlZrVTi(0&#x2264;x&#x2264;1, 0&#x2264;y&#x2264;1 and 0&#x2264;x+y&#x2264;1) having L1crystal structure in the aluminum matrix in between the eutectic regions. The processing condition for producing cast article of the present invention is disclosed in detail.

High temperature creep resistant aluminum superalloys

5000 series aluminum wrought alloys with high strength, high formability, excellent corrosion resistance, and friction-stir weldability, and methods of making those alloys.

High-performance 5000-series aluminum alloys and methods for making and using them

Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium alloys that exhibit improved electrical and mechanical properties.

Aluminum-iron-zirconium alloys

A conductive element of a cable or a wire is formed of a high shear deformation processed aluminum alloy. The aluminum-zirconium alloy exhibits high electrical conductivity and high tensile strength. Methods of forming cables and wires are also further disclosed including the formation of all aluminum alloy cables having high ampacity.

Cables having conductive elements formed from aluminum alloys processed with high shear deformation processes

A conductive element of a cable or a wire is formed of an improved aluminum-zirconium alloy. The aluminum-zirconium alloy further includes an inoculant. The aluminum-zirconium alloy exhibits excellent ultimate tensile strength values and resistance to heat. Bonding wires formed from an improved aluminum-zirconium alloy exhibiting certain ultimate tensile strength values, fatigue resistance and/or creep rates are also described. Methods of forming cables and wires are also further disclosed.

Cables and wires having conductive elements formed from improved aluminum-zirconium alloys

Aluminum-zirconium and aluminum-zirconium-lanthanide superalloys are described that can be used in high temperature, high stress and a variety of other applications. The lanthanide is preferably holmium, erbium, thulium or ytterbium, most preferably erbium. Also, methods of making the aforementioned alloys are disclosed. The superalloys, which have commercially-suitable hardness at temperatures above about 220&#xb0; C., include nanoscale AlZr precipitates and optionally nanoscale AlEr precipitates and nanoscale Al(Zr,Er) precipitates that create a high-strength alloy capable of withstanding intense heat conditions. These nanoscale precipitates have a L1-structure in &#x3b1;-Al(f.c.c.) matrix, an average diameter of less than about 20 nanometers ('nm'), preferably less than about 10 nm, and more preferably about 4-6 nm and a high number density, which for example, is larger than about 10m, of the nanoscale precipitates. The formation of the high number density of nanoscale precipitates is thought to be due to the addition of inoculant, such as a Group 3A, 4A, and 5A metal or metalloid. Additionally, methods for increasing the diffusivity of Zr in Al are disclosed.

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