Owner The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Inventors Lee, Jonathan A; Chen, Po-Shou

Agent Pizzeys

Pub. Number AU-B-2003247334

PCT Number PCT/US03/10372

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/087417

Priority 10/120,226 10.04.02 US

Filing date 3 April 2003

Wipo publication date 27 October 2003

Acceptance publication date 21 June 2007

B22D 19/14 (2006.01) Casting in, on, or around, objects which form part of the product - the objects being filamentary or particulate in form

B22D 21/04 (2006.01) Casting non-ferrous metals or metallic compounds so far as their metallurgical properties are of importance for the casting procedure

B22D 30/00 (2006.01) Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group

C22C 1/10 (2006.01) Non-ferrous alloys, i.e. alloys based essentially on metals other than iron - Alloys containing non-metals

C22C 21/00 (2006.01) Alloys based on aluminium

C22C 21/02 (2006.01) Alloys based on aluminium - with silicon as the next major constituent

C22C 21/04 (2006.01) Alloys based on aluminium

C22C 32/00 (2006.01) Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed

C22C 49/06 (2006.01) Alloys containing metallic or non-metallic fibres or filaments

C22F 1/00 (2006.01) Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working

C22F 1/043 (2006.01) Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working - of alloys with silicon as the next major constituent

C22C 101/02 (2006.01)

C22C 101/04 (2006.01)

C22C 101/10 (2006.01)

C22C 101/12 (2006.01)

C22C 101/14 (2006.01)

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