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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dinesh Shetty, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raymond Cutler, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Michael M. Sygnatowicz, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A functionally graded carbide body () can include a group 5 metal carbide substrate having a bulk composition region () that contains at least 70 wt % of a rhombohedral ζ-phase carbide. A γ-phase-rich region () having a γ-phase-rich composition can be at a surface () of the substrate, and a phase composition gradient region () can transition from the γ-phase-rich composition region at the surface to the bulk composition region at a gradient depth () below the surface.