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- 229910021652 non-ferrous alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 3
- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 59
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- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 29
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 28
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 28
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- 229910052718 tin Inorganic materials 0.000 description 20
- ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Tin Chemical compound [Sn] ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 18
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- 210000000188 diaphragm Anatomy 0.000 description 4
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- OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Phosphorus Chemical compound [P] OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- 229910052698 phosphorus Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
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- 229910002058 ternary alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
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- This invention relates to an improvement in nonferrous alloys, and particularly to alloys comprising chiefly copper, nickel, and tin.
- the chief object of the invention is to provide a series of alloys some ofwhich will have a very high resistance to fatigue when hard'rolled, which will be very malleable, have avery high ductility, and at the same time a high resistance to atmospheric corrosion, as well as a better resistance to the action of acids and alkalis, and a higher electrical resistivity than has heretofore been obtained with cupro-nickel alloys employed where ductility, malleability, resistance to fatigue and resistance to the electric current were requisites.
- the alloy obtained will be a true ternary alloy forming a solid solution. If other ingredients are added they ample, 1 to 5% of the total.
- Ni the percentage of nickel
- imum amount of tin which should be used for an alloy of this specific ratio of nickel to copper would be slightly more than 6 per cent, in which alloy the copper will be about 66 per cent and the nickel about 28 per cent. Therefore, for an alloy having the special properties suitable for such diaphragms or the like, the copper will vary from 69.65 to about 66 per cent, the nickel from 29.85 to about 28, and'the tin from to about 6 per cent,'but at all times the nickel and copper have substantially the ratio 3/7. A slight downward variation from this ratio of .4285 is not only permissible but will give improved results, as shown, for example,
- an alloy comprising copper, nickel and tin proportioned relative to each other within the limits fixed by the formulae may also contain small amounts of other ingredients, such as suitable met-alloids or other metals.
- the sum of the ingredients other than the copper, nickel and tin should not exceed 5 per cent of the combined total. That is to say, as much as 5 per cent by weight of lead to heat the alloy to a somewhat higher temperature than is necessary for merely melting.
- An alloy having a composition such as hereinbefore described is readily worked by those skilled in the art, to produce bars and sheets of rolled material, the rolling or pressing and drawing of the metal hardening it. Annealing may be resorted to during the process of working the metal to its smaller sizes, and the final rolling, pressing or drawing may be relied upon to give the proper hardness to the finished product.
- m % of nickel and can vary between 0.5% and 33.0%
- m:% of nickel in which m:% of nickel and can vary between 0.5% and 33.0% and Sn:100% Cu+% Ni).
- An alloy comprising not less than 98 per cent, of a mixture of copper, nickel and tin, in which the said three metals are in such proportions to each other that the copper is not less than 61.6 per cent of the total of said three metals, the tin is not less than 0.5 per cent of the said total and the ratio of the nickel to the copper does not exceed 3/7.
- An alloy consisting of at least 98 per cent of a mixture of copper, nickel and tin, in which the percentage of tin figured on the total of the three constituents is not less than per cent and not more than about 6 per cent, while the ratio of the nickel to the copper does not exceed 3/7.
- a metal for diaphragms and electrical resistance wire comprising not less than 95% of a mixture of copper, nickel, tin and phosphorus the mixture being proportioned substantially as follows:
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Description
Patented Apr.a 28, 1925.
UNITED STATES 1,535,542 PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM B. PRICE, OF WATERBURY, CQNNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T SCOVILL MAlN'U FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBUB-Y, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.
NONFERROUS ALLUY.
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To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Peron,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nonferrous Alloys, fully described and represented in the following specification.
This invention relates to an improvement in nonferrous alloys, and particularly to alloys comprising chiefly copper, nickel, and tin.
The chief object of the invention is to provide a series of alloys some ofwhich will have a very high resistance to fatigue when hard'rolled, which will be very malleable, have avery high ductility, and at the same time a high resistance to atmospheric corrosion, as well as a better resistance to the action of acids and alkalis, and a higher electrical resistivity than has heretofore been obtained with cupro-nickel alloys employed where ductility, malleability, resistance to fatigue and resistance to the electric current were requisites.
, As a result of a series -ofexperiments, I have discovered that an alloy composed chiefly of copper, nickel and tin in which the weight of each of those three metals relative to the sum of the weights of all three is kept within the limits given by the formulae hereinafter set forth has the desired valuable properties hereinbefore recited. In discussing the'percentage composition of the alloy, the percentage of each ingredient or element isfigured on the basis that the sum of the percentages of the three elements, viz, copper, nickel and tin, constitutes 100 per cent. This is for the reason that small- 4 amounts of other metals and elements may be incorporated so as to appear in a finished product while still retaining in a high degree the valuable properties of the true ternary alloy.
I have found that'if the percentage of the three metals is kept Within certain limits hereinafter set forth, the alloy obtained will be a true ternary alloy forming a solid solution. If other ingredients are added they ample, 1 to 5% of the total.
The limits of the percentages of the three metals, copper, nickel and tin, may be found from the following formulae:
Application filed February 15, 1923.
should be kept within-small limits, for ex-.
Serial N'o. 619,273.
Let Ni represent the percentage of nickel,
Cu the percentage of copper, and Sn the percentage of tin, where Ni-l-Cu-l-Sn :100%. Then, as Sn:100 (NH-Cu), we need only determine the limiting percentages for Ni and Cu.
Let a2:% of nickel and y::% of copper. Then w+y+%Sn:100%
For any given value of nickel (w) the maximum and minimum limits for copper (y) are to be determined by the following formula: V :93.75-0900: (5.75-0.1 w)
rosion, I have found that for some purposes,
such, for-example, as'the manufacture of .sheet metal dia-phragms for diaphragm valves and the like, and for high electrical resistance, the best results are attained where the proportions of copper, nickel, and tin arev so selected that'the nickel and the 'copper considered alone have theratio of about three-to seven, that is,
would be 69.65 and nickel 29.85. The max-.
imum amount of tin which should be used for an alloy of this specific ratio of nickel to copper would be slightly more than 6 per cent, in which alloy the copper will be about 66 per cent and the nickel about 28 per cent. Therefore, for an alloy having the special properties suitable for such diaphragms or the like, the copper will vary from 69.65 to about 66 per cent, the nickel from 29.85 to about 28, and'the tin from to about 6 per cent,'but at all times the nickel and copper have substantially the ratio 3/7. A slight downward variation from this ratio of .4285 is not only permissible but will give improved results, as shown, for example,
For example, with the minimum amount of v by an 'allo having the following composition, viz, u"70, Ni 29, Sn 1. In this alloy the ratio of nickel to copper is .4142.
As heretofore pointed out, an alloy comprising copper, nickel and tin proportioned relative to each other within the limits fixed by the formulae may also contain small amounts of other ingredients, such as suitable met-alloids or other metals. Usually, the sum of the ingredients other than the copper, nickel and tin should not exceed 5 per cent of the combined total. That is to say, as much as 5 per cent by weight of lead to heat the alloy to a somewhat higher temperature than is necessary for merely melting. This tends to keep down the porosity of the resultant metal: For example, in melting the alloy above mentioned, and containing 0.02 per cent phosphorus, it was found that when poured at 1865 (3., and cast in bars, the metal was porous, but when poured at 1405 C., and cast in bars, the product was satisfactory.
An alloy having a composition such as hereinbefore described is readily worked by those skilled in the art, to produce bars and sheets of rolled material, the rolling or pressing and drawing of the metal hardening it. Annealing may be resorted to during the process of working the metal to its smaller sizes, and the final rolling, pressing or drawing may be relied upon to give the proper hardness to the finished product.
What is claimed is:
1. An alloy comprised chiefly of copper,
nickel and tin, and containing said copper,
nickel and tin in proportions falling Within the limits fixed by the formulae, substantially as described, viz
Copper:'y :93.750.9.ri (5.75-0.10?)
in which m=% of nickel and can vary between 0.5% and 33.0%
2. An alloy comprising not less than 98 per cent of a mixture of copper, nickel and tin, in which the said three metals are in proportions relative to their total, limited by the following formulae, substantially as described, viz
Copper:=93.750.9wi (5.75-0.190)
in which m:% of nickel and can vary between 0.5% and 33.0% and Sn:100% Cu+% Ni).
3. An alloy comprising not less than 98 per cent, of a mixture of copper, nickel and tin, in which the said three metals are in such proportions to each other that the copper is not less than 61.6 per cent of the total of said three metals, the tin is not less than 0.5 per cent of the said total and the ratio of the nickel to the copper does not exceed 3/7.
4:. An alloy consisting of at least 98 per cent of a mixture of copper, nickel and tin, in which the percentage of tin figured on the total of the three constituents is not less than per cent and not more than about 6 per cent, while the ratio of the nickel to the copper does not exceed 3/7.
5. A metal for diaphragms and electrical resistance wire, comprising not less than 95% of a mixture of copper, nickel, tin and phosphorus the mixture being proportioned substantially as follows:
:0.02 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.
WILLIAM B. PRICE.
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