US Patent Issued to VDM Metals International on Nov. 3 for "Use of a nickel-iron-chromium alloy having high resistance in carburizing and sulfidizing and chlorinating environments and simultaneously good processability and strength" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,316, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VDM Metals International GmbH (Werdohl, Germany).

"Use of a nickel-iron-chromium alloy having high resistance in carburizing and sulfidizing and chlorinating environments and simultaneously good processability and strength" was invented by Heike Hattendorf (Werdohl, Germany) and Nicole De Boer (Schwanstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-iron-chromium alloy having excellent high-temperature corrosion resistance is used as a semi-finished product in simultaneously carburizing, sulfidizing and chlorinating environments, the alloy including (in wt. %): 35.0 to 38% nickel, 26.0 to ...