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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2000
Guangxin Wang, Wexford, PA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a method of forming a solid from at least two different powdered materials. A first and second of the different powder materials is compressed into a pellet. A melt pool is formed at a temperature which will melt both the first and second materials. The pellet is fed to the melt pool to melt the first and second materials, and the melted first and second materials are subsequently cooled to form the solid. The invention also includes a method of forming a solid which includes tantalum and silicon. The invention further includes a homogeneous solid comprising tantalum and silicon, and formed from a molten mixture of tantalum and silicon.