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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cedric D Williams, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrew W Urquhart, Scotia, NY (US);
James L Walker, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard A Proebstle, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J Black, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148133 ; 148 / ; 148 32 ;
Abstract
Zirconium-base alloy channels and fuel cladding tubes having unique resistance to accelerated pustular corrosion in the boiling water reactor environment are produced by a heat treatment causing segregation of intermetallic particulate precipitate phase in two dimensional arrays preferably located along grain boundaries and subgrain boundaries throughout the alloy body.