US Patent Issued to Hyperion Materials & Technologies on Dec. 16 for "Low binder high density cemented carbides for neutron shielding applications" (Spanish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,674, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyperion Materials & Technologies Inc. (Worthington, Ohio).

"Low binder high density cemented carbides for neutron shielding applications" was invented by Olivier Lavigne (Barcelona, Spain), Lilian Monteil (Saint Martin d'Aout, France) and Elena Tarres Puit (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a low binder high density cemented carbide composition for neutron shielding including a ceramic hard phase composed of tungsten carbide (WC), sub-stoichiometric ditungsten carbide (W2C), or a combination thereof, and a low weight iron (Fe)-chromium (Cr) based metallic binder phase...