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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Melvin Robert Jackson, Corea, ME (US);
Liang Jiang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ji-cheng Zhao, Latham, NY (US);
Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Melvin Robert Jackson, Corea, ME (US);
Liang Jiang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ji-Cheng Zhao, Latham, NY (US);
Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for repairing an article comprises providing an article, providing a repair material, and joining said repair material to said article. The repair material comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium; up to about 49% of a first material, said first material comprising at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof; from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, said second material comprising at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof; and up to about 10% of a third material, said third material comprising at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The repair material comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume.