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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vasant S. Joshi, Waldorf, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 2/100 ; C06B 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 2/100 ; C06B 2/700 ;
Abstract
A process for making a Teflon/aluminum composite includes providing Teflon powder and aluminum powder wherein a size of Teflon particles is about 7 to 12 times a size of aluminum particles; mixing the Teflon powder with the aluminum powder on about a 3 to 1 weight basis; pressing the mixed powder into a shape at a pressure ranging from about 6000 psi to about 16000 psi; and then sintering the pressed shape.