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Article: French Inventor Develops Corrosion Resisted Zirconium Based Alloy
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 9, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Daniel Charquet of Albertville, France, has developed a zirconium-based alloy.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The alloy contains, by weight, at least 95 per cent zirconium and from 0.01 to 0.1 per cent sulphur and, optionally, at least one element from the group consisting of the elements tin, iron, chromium, hafnium, niobium, nickel, oxygen and vanadium, the balance of the alloy consisting of inevitable impurities. The sulphur is present in the alloy in the dissolved state, thereby improving the creep strength and in the form of uniformly distributed fine precipitates, thereby improving the corrosion and hydriding resistance. The alloy may ...