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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Bruce Allan Cook, Ankeny, IA (US);
Joel Lee Harringa, Ames, IA (US);
Alan Mark Russell, Ames, IA (US);
Justin S. Peters, Ames, IA (US);
Atiq Ahmed, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Bruce Allan Cook, Ankeny, IA (US);
Joel Lee Harringa, Ames, IA (US);
Alan Mark Russell, Ames, IA (US);
Justin S. Peters, Ames, IA (US);
Atiq Ahmed, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
A highly wear resistant sintered, hot pressed, or otherwise compacted ceramic composite material is described, consisting of two discrete phases of the form AlMgBwhere x and y ≦1 or like hard, orthorhombic compounds, and TiBor like Group IVB transition metal di-borides, and with an unexpectedly high content of transition metal di-boride in the range from 40 to 90 percent (28 to 85 volume percent).