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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Pierre Barberis, Ugine, FR;
Noël Rizzi, Doussard, FR;
Xavier Robbe, Albertville, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Compagnie Europeenne du Zirconium-Cezus, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A large ingot is produced by casting the zirconium alloy, then the ingot is forged in two stages to obtain the semi-finished product wherein the first stage of forging the ingot is performed at a temperature at which the zirconium alloy is in a state comprising crystalline α and β phases.