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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Gerard M. Ludtka, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Orlando Rios, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Weiss, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 3/00 (2006.01); C22C 21/16 (2006.01); C22C 21/18 (2006.01); C22C 21/14 (2006.01); C22C 21/10 (2006.01); C22F 1/057 (2006.01); C22F 1/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 3/00 (2013.01); C22C 21/10 (2013.01); C22C 21/14 (2013.01); C22C 21/16 (2013.01); C22C 21/18 (2013.01); C22F 1/053 (2013.01); C22F 1/057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of thermomagnetically processing an aluminum alloy entails heat treating an aluminum alloy, and applying a high field strength magnetic field of at least about 2 Tesla to the aluminum alloy during the heat treating. The heat treating and the application of the high field strength magnetic field are carried out for a treatment time sufficient to achieve a predetermined standard strength of the aluminum alloy, and the treatment time is reduced by at least about 50% compared to heat treating the aluminum alloy without the magnetic field.