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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/600 ;
Abstract

A zirconium-based alloy for the components of the active core of nuclear reactors comprises (on a weight percent basis): niobium, 0.5-3.0; iron, 0.005-0.5; oxygen, 0.03-0.2; carbon, 0.001-0.04; silicon, 0.002-0.1; nickel, 0.003-0.02; zirconium being the balance; the alloy structure is characterized by an &agr;-solid solution and the &bgr; Nb-phase particles sized below 0.1 &mgr;m and having the niobium content of from 60 to 95%. The alloy may further comprise particles of intermetallics Zr—Fe—Nb with the Fe/Nb ratio of 0.05-0.2. The alloy structure may also be characterized by an oxygen-hardened &agr;-solid solution and by the &bgr; Nb-phase particles, and may further comprise particles of intermetallics Zr—Fe—Nb sized below 0.3 &mgr;m.


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