US Patent Issued to Hoganas on March 4 for "MnAl alloy, particles thereof, and method for production" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,036, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hoganas AB (Publ) (Hoganas, Sweden).

"MnAl alloy, particles thereof, and method for production" was invented by Hailiang Fang (Uppsala, Sweden), Martin Haggblad Sahlberg (Uppsala, Sweden) and Bjorn Skarman (Hoganas, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alloy represented by the formula (MnxAly)Cz, the alloy being aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn), and carbon (C), and optionally unavoidable impurities; wherein x=56.0 to 59.0 y=41.0 to 44.0 x+y=100, and z=1.5 to 2.4. The alloy is highly suitable for forming the Epsilon and Tau phase in high purity and high microstructural homogeneity. A method for...