Patent ID: 8352064

Claim:
A method of using a first alloy having a first composition in the manufacture of a second alloy of a second composition, the method comprising: identifying the first alloy having a plurality of constituents; identifying the second alloy having a plurality of constituents; obtaining a percentage by weight of all the elemental constituents of the first alloy and of the second alloy from a data base; calculating a ratio of a percentage by weight of each elemental constituent in the second alloy to a percentage by weight of a corresponding elemental constituent in the first alloy; determining which elemental constituent ratio is lowest; taking the lowest constituent ratio to select an amount of the first alloy so that the same amount of that constituent is in both alloys; melting the selected amount of the first alloy to form a melt; adding additional quantities of elemental constituents to the melt so that the melt has the second composition of the second alloy; and solidifying the melt to form the second alloy.