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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Applicant:
Clifford C. Bampton, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Inventor:
Clifford C. Bampton, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE OF DE, INC., Canoga Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 19/03 (2006.01); C22C 32/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/04 (2006.01); C22C 1/10 (2006.01); C23C 8/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 32/0068 (2013.01); C22C 1/0433 (2013.01); C22C 1/1084 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of processing a superalloy powder includes mechanically alloying nitrogen with superalloy powder particles having at least one nitride-forming element such that each superalloy powder particle includes a microstructure having nitrogen dispersed throughout the microstructure. The powder may then be formed into an article having nitride regions dispersed throughout.