US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on May 5 for "Chromium-molybdenum-aluminum alloys with oxidation-resistance imparted by thermal pre-treatment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,126, issued on May 5, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Chromium-molybdenum-aluminum alloys with oxidation-resistance imparted by thermal pre-treatment" was invented by Dan Thoma (Fitchburg, Wis.) and Michael Niezgoda (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ternary chromium-molybdenum-aluminum (CrMoAl) alloys that form oxidation-resistant surface films for high-temperature applications are provided. Also provided are methods for thermally pre-treating the alloys to form the oxidation resistant surface films. The surface films have a stratified structure that includes an exterior surface oxide ...