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Grain Refinement in Iron-Based Materials
U.S. Patents
  • Simon Naumovich Lekakh, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Von Richards, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Ronald J. O'Malley, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jun Ge
Abstract

A process for manufacturing an iron-based alloy comprising forming targeted fine oxide and/or carbide dispersoids in a melt, and sequentially precipitating transition-metal nitrides on the dispersoids for heterogeneous nucleation of equiaxed grains. An iron-based cast alloy having a highly equiaxed fine grain structure.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center
Patent Application Number
US15/567,142
Patent Number
US10465258B2
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 The Curators of the University of Missouri, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-5-2019
Publication Date
05 Nov 2019
Citation Information
Simon Naumovich Lekakh, Von Richards, Ronald J. O'Malley and Jun Ge. "Grain Refinement in Iron-Based Materials" U.S. Patents (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ronald-omalley/63/