US Patent Issued to HOGANAS on Nov. 11 for "Wear-resistant iron-based alloy compositions comprising chromium" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,999, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HOGANAS AB (PUBL) (Hoganas, Sweden).

"Wear-resistant iron-based alloy compositions comprising chromium" was invented by Barbara Maroli (Hoganas, Sweden), Robert Frykholm (Odakra, Sweden), Sven Bengtsson (Hoganas, Sweden) and Karin Frisk (Enebyberg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An iron-based alloy composition including: boron (B): 1.6-2.4 wt. %; carbon (C): 2.2-3.0 wt. %; chromium (Cr): 3.5-5.0 wt. %; manganese (Mn): below 0.8 wt. %; molybdenum (Mo): 16.0-19.5 wt. %; nickel (Ni): 1.0-2.0 wt. %; silicon (Si): 0.2-2.0 wt. %; vanadium (V): 10.8-13.2 wt. %; and balanced with iron (Fe). Furt...