Patent ID: 7125435
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B22F,C10M,C10N

Abstract:
1. A metallurgical powder composition comprising: (a) at least about 80 percent by weight of a metal-based powder; and (b) from about 0.01 to about 5 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the metallurgical powder composition, of a solid lubricant, wherein the solid lubricant comprises a functionalized polyalkylene lubricant having the formula: combinations thereof wherein Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 3 are each independently a linear or branched polyalkylene containing from about 8 to about 1000 carbon atoms, and R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently a phosphate group, phosphite group, hypophosphate, hypophosphite, polyphosphate, thiophosphate, dithiophosphate, thiocarbamate, dithiocarbamate, borate, thiosulfate, sulfate group, or sulfonate group, n is from 0 to about 10, and x is from about 1 to about 30.