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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Wesley Hackenberger, State College, PA (US);
Seongtae Kwon, State College, PA (US);
Paul William Rehrig, Marlborough, MA (US);
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Wesley Hackenberger, State College, PA (US);
Seongtae Kwon, State College, PA (US);
Paul William Rehrig, Marlborough, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of making a single crystal material is provided. The method includes providing a polycrystalline material having a plurality of grains. The method further includes adding a seed crystal to the polycrystalline material to define a plane of growth for the polycrystalline material. Further, the polycrystalline material having the seed crystal may be subjected to heat-treating, where the heat-treating does not include melting the polycrystalline material.