US1055119A - Alloy of platinum and osmium. - Google Patents
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- US1055119A US1055119A US71526612A US1912715266A US1055119A US 1055119 A US1055119 A US 1055119A US 71526612 A US71526612 A US 71526612A US 1912715266 A US1912715266 A US 1912715266A US 1055119 A US1055119 A US 1055119A
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- SYQBFIAQOQZEGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N osmium atom Chemical compound [Os] SYQBFIAQOQZEGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 22
- 229910001260 Pt alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 8
- 229910000820 Os alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 5
- BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N platinum Chemical compound [Pt] BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 35
- 229910052762 osmium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 17
- 229910052697 platinum Inorganic materials 0.000 description 17
- 229910045601 alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 239000000956 alloy Substances 0.000 description 8
- GKOZUEZYRPOHIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N iridium atom Chemical compound [Ir] GKOZUEZYRPOHIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 229910052741 iridium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 7
- HWLDNSXPUQTBOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N platinum-iridium alloy Chemical compound [Ir].[Pt] HWLDNSXPUQTBOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 5
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 3
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 description 3
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000012535 impurity Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 2
- IYZXTLXQZSXOOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N osmium platinum Chemical compound [Os].[Pt] IYZXTLXQZSXOOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910000575 Ir alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000002253 acid Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000007513 acids Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 238000005275 alloying Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 229930014626 natural product Natural products 0.000 description 1
- 239000010970 precious metal Substances 0.000 description 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C5/00—Alloys based on noble metals
- C22C5/04—Alloys based on a platinum group metal
Description
higher the percentage FRITZ ZIMMERMANN,
NEWARK,
OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO BAKER & .00., or; NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.
ALLOY PLATINUM AND OSMIUM.
1,955,119. No Brewing,
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRITZ ZIMMERMANN, a citizen of the German Empire, residing in Newark, in the county of Essex and State of ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alloys of Platinum and Osmium, of which the following is a specification.
This invention num and osmium which degree the property of great hardness with tensile strength and are applicable for use in the arts, chiefly for jewelry, scientific urposes.
Hereto ore platinum has been alloyed with iridium in various percentages. The of iridium which is added to the platinum, the greater is the resulting hardness. The highest percentage of iridium alloyed with platinum is about 30%. The alloy of platinum and iridium is known in the trade as iridio platinum, or in short hard platinum.
The steadily increasing demand for hard platinum, the limited supply of iridium and its high price, have created a demand for another hard alloy of platinum with a precious metal which can be supplied at less cost than the iridio platinum.
I have found by a series of practical tests that the addition of osmium to platinum greatly increases the hardness of the platinum. The ercentage of osmium which has been alloye by me with platinum varies from less than of 1% to 10% or more. Alloys of platinum and osmium containing more than 10% of osmium are only workrelates to alloys of plati able wit-h difficulty,while alloys containmg a percentage of osmium higher than 30% are brittle and hardly workable. It was further found that by alloying platinum with osmium, as far as hardness is concerned, one part of osmium is the equivalent of21} parts of iridium, and that the tensile strength of the alloy is very high,
so that a fine wire of latinum-os'mium is more easily produced t an a fine wire of iridium-platinum of the same hardness. It
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed August 15, 1912. Serial No. 715,266. I
combine in a high electrical and i num group and Patented Mar. 4, 1913.
was further found than an alloy of platinum and osmium containing 2% of osmium and 98% of platinum can be advantageously used, for jewelry work, it being hard and tough, while alloys containing 90% to 94% of platinum and 10% to 6% of osmium will replace iridium platinum containing from 15% to 25% of iridium for contact-points in electrical apparatus. As there is very little demand for osmium, the same can be obtained at a much lower cost than the more expensive iridium, while it is in every other respect when alloyed with platinum, as regards hardness "and tensile strength, the equal of iridium-platinum; The osmiumplatinum alloy is also more resistant to the action of acids than vplatinum.
For melting platinum and osmium together, it is necessary to refine the platinum and osmium of commerce to a high degree of purity so as to remove from the )latinum the small quantities of metals of t e platiother impurities, and the impurities contained in the osmium. It is well known that platinum, as found in nature, contains osmium as well as other metals of the platinum group; also copper and iron, but it is impossible to make use .of this natural product as an alloy, as the presence of the other metals impairs the good properties of the osmium-platinum alloy.
The new alloy herein described, which is obtained by melting together refined platinum and refined osmium, tensile strength with hardness and ductility, and is thereby adapted in a high degree for application in the arts.
I claim:
Alloys of platinum and osmium, containing refined the proportion of less than to 30%. I
In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.
FRITZ ZIMMERMANN.
Witnesses:
,PAUL GoEPEL,
JoHN MURTAGH.
combines great 1 latmum and refined osmium in
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| US3007990A (en) * | 1960-03-29 | 1961-11-07 | Gen Electric | Thermocouple |
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| US3007990A (en) * | 1960-03-29 | 1961-11-07 | Gen Electric | Thermocouple |
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