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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1979
John T Plewes, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Strengthening and hardening of metallic alloys has formerly been effected by inclusion of various metal and metal oxide additives. According to the invention, alloys having face-centered cubic structure are strengthened and hardened by the inclusion of one or several hydrides which are formed upon interstitial diffusion of hydrogen. Inclusion of hydrogen is conveniently effected in a shaped body of an alloy comprising a first and a second, more easily hydrided component by exposure to a hydrogen atmosphere at elevated temperature. Resulting alloys also have essentially scale-free surface, high electrical conductivity, and high creep resistance. Hydrided alloys may be shaped, e.g., into electrical components such as wire and switch elements.