Patent ID: 11873544
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A tool comprising a surface or body, wherein the surface or body comprises a composition of formula W1-xMxBy,, wherein
W is tungsten;
B is boron;
M is at least one element selected from the group of elements consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), ruthenium (Ru), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Jr), lithium (Li) and aluminum (Al),
x is at least 0.001 and less than 0.999;
y is about 4.0; and
the composition of formula W1-xMxBy is a crystalline solid characterized by at least one X-ray diffraction pattern reflection at 2 theta=24.2±0.2.