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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Daniel James Branagan, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian E. Meacham, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jason K. Walleser, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jikou Zhou, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Alla V. Sergueeva, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David Paratore, Warren, RI (US);
Daniel James Branagan, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian E. Meacham, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jason K. Walleser, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Jikou Zhou, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Alla V. Sergueeva, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David Paratore, Warren, RI (US);
The NanoSteel Company, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
Wire for cutting feedstock and a method for cutting feedstock with the wire. The wire may include an iron based alloy comprising at least 35 at % iron, nickel and/or cobalt in the range of about 7 to 50 at %, at least one non-metal or metalloid selected from the group consisting of boron, carbon, silicon, phosphorus, and/or nitrogen present in the range of about 1 to 35 at %, and one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, titanium, molybdenum, aluminum, and/or chromium present in the range of about 0 to 25 at %, wherein the wire has an aspect ratio of greater than one and exhibits metallic and/or crystalline phases of less than 500 nm in size.