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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Michael Koch, Bruchkoebel, DE;
David Francis Lupton, Geinhausen, DE;
Harald Manhardt, Bruchkoebel, DE;
Tobias Mueller, Gelnhausen, DE;
Reinhold Weiland, Rodenbach, DE;
Bernd Fischer, Jena, DE;
Michael Koch, Bruchkoebel, DE;
David Francis Lupton, Geinhausen, DE;
Harald Manhardt, Bruchkoebel, DE;
Tobias Mueller, Gelnhausen, DE;
Reinhold Weiland, Rodenbach, DE;
Bernd Fischer, Jena, DE;
W.C. Heraeus GmbH, Hanau, DE;
Abstract
An iridium alloy is produced having at least 85% by weight iridium, at least 0.005% by weight molybdenum, 0.001 to 0.6% by weight hafnium and, optionally, rhenium, the sum of molybdenum and hafnium being between 0.002 and 1.2% by weight. The iridium alloy is produced in a process, in which an IrMo and an IrHf master alloy, respectively, are created in an electric arc and immersed into an iridium melt, optionally together with Re.