| US 7,392,927 B2 | ||
| Combinatorial production of material compositions from a single sample | ||
| Ji-Cheng Zhao, Latham, N.Y. (US); and Melvin Robert Jackson, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 17, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/249,548. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0206803 A1, Oct. 21, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23K 20/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 228—103 [228/193; 228/194] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A combinatorial process for production of material compositions from a single sample, comprising:
assembling a bulk diffusion multiple of at least three layers comprising metals, non-metals, metal oxides and/or alloys, into
an arrangement, wherein each of the at least three layers has a thickness effective to provide bulk property behavior;
heating the arrangement at an elevated temperature and for a period of time effective to form interdiffusion regions at interfacial
locations of dissimilar metals, non-metals, metal oxides, and/or alloys in the arrangement;
exposing the interdiffusion region; and
evaluating properties of the single sample as a function of composition at the interdiffusion regions.
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