Patent ID: 6149710
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: C22B

Abstract:
An additive for adding one or more metals in aluminum alloys which consists essentially of(a) an agglutinating powder comprising aluminum, magnesium or a mixture or alloy thereof,(b) a powder of one or more metals or alloys of manganese, chromium, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, vanadium, iron, cobalt, copper, niobium, nickel, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium, silver, lead or zinc,(c) a binder in an amount of 0.1 to 1% consisting essentially of a non-polar organic wax and substantially free of any other binder,wherein the following weight proportions in the final mixture are from 49.9% to 0% for component (a), from 50% to 95% for component (b) and from 0.1% to 5% for binder component (c).