US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 225
.~.~ Iron(Fe) or iron base alloy


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148 /   HD   METAL TREATMENT

95  DF  PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL {17}
206  DF  .~ Carburizing or nitriding using externally supplied carbon or nitrogen source {15}
225.~.~ Iron(Fe) or iron base alloy {7}
226  DF  .~.~.~> With working, machining, or cutting
227  DF  .~.~.~> Utilizing fused agent or media {2}
230  DF  .~.~.~> Nitriding {2}
233  DF  .~.~.~> With post-carburizing heating or quenching
234  DF  .~.~.~> Utilizing agent containing cyano (CN) radical or halogen (X) radical or metal carbonate
235  DF  .~.~.~> Utilizing hydrocarbon, oil or oxygenated hydrocarbon (e.g., alcohol, furan, carbohydrate, etc.)
236  DF  .~.~.~> Utilizing solid carbonaceous material containing free carbon, coal, peat, or coke


DEFINITION

Classification: 148/225

Iron (Fe) or iron base alloy:

(under subclass 206) Process wherein a metal workpiece undergoing carburizing or nitriding is iron or an iron alloy containing greater than 50 percent iron.