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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Heraeus Precious Metals Gmbh & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Inventors:
Herwig Schiefer, Frankfurt, DE;
Christoph Vogt, Hanau, DE;
Heiko Specht, Hanau, DE;
Jens Troetzschel, Neuwiedermus, DE;
Assignee:
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22C 27/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One aspect is an alloy consisting of niobium, zirconium, tantalum, and tungsten. The alloy is formed with a melt metallurgical route such that all four metals solidify as a homogeneous alloy having no inclusions more than 10 μm in size.