US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 14 for "High-entropy alloys (HEAs), methods for making HEAs, and uses thereof" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,061, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"High-entropy alloys (HEAs), methods for making HEAs, and uses thereof" was invented by Suok-Min Na (Laurel, Md.), Paul K. Lambert (Columbia, Md.) and Nicholas J. Jones (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High entropy alloys (HEAs) are provided, which exhibit a high magnetic entropy change over a large temperature range, as well as methods for making HEAs. The invention also provides HEAs that exhibit notable magnetostriction at room temperature, and alloying methods for producing them. The material...