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- Patent Title: Method for making a welding article
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Application No.: US16038337Application Date: 2018-07-18
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Publication No.: US10144087B2Publication Date: 2018-12-04
- Inventor: Zafar Iqbal , Abdelrahman N. Shuaib , Necar Merah , Nouari Saheb
- Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B23K20/00
- IPC: B23K20/00 ; B23K20/12 ; B22F9/04 ; C22C27/04 ; B22F9/14 ; B23K103/04

Abstract:
A friction stir welding tool comprising a composite of a tungsten-rhenium alloy and hafnium carbide particles, wherein a crystallite size of the tungsten-rhenium alloy is no more than 100 nm, wherein the hafnium carbide particles are dispersed within the tungsten-rhenium alloy, a method of fabricating the friction stir welding tool, and a method of friction stir welding a metal joint using the tool. Various embodiments of the friction stir welding tool, the method of fabricating the tool, and the method of friction stir welding using the tool are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180318957A1 METHOD FOR MAKING A WELDING ARTICLE Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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