Patent 11117188 was granted and assigned to Plansee SE on September, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A metal powder has a chromium content of at least 90 Ma %, a nanohardness according to EN ISO 14577-1 of ≤4 GPa and/or a green strength measured according to ASTM B312-09 of at least 7 MPa at a compression pressure of 550 MPa.