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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Timothy Frederick Bryant, Chertsey, GB;
Simon Brian Dodd, Shepperton, GB;
Stephen Mark Flitcroft, Basingstoke, GB;
William Sinclair Miller, Maidstone, GB;
Roger Moreton, Fleet, GB;
Christopher John Peel, Fleet, GB;
The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government, , US;
Defence Research Agency, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
A treatment process for a composite comprising a matrix of a precipitation hardenable aluminum alloy and a particulate or short fiber ceramic reinforcement. The process includes hot and/or cold working the composite, subjecting the composite to a controlled heating step in which the composite is raised from ambient temperature to a temperature of from 250 to 450.degree. C. at a rate of temperature increase less than 1000.degree. C. per hour, and subjecting the resulting heat treated composite to a solution treating step.