US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 561
.~.~ Passing through an amorphous state or treating or producing an amorphous metal or 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}
559  DF  .~ Heating or cooling of solid metal {22}
561.~.~ Passing through an amorphous state or treating or producing an amorphous metal or alloy

DEFINITION

Classification: 148/561

Passing through an amorphous state or treating or producing an amorphous metal or alloy:

(under subclass 559) Process wherein a metal or metal alloy having no regular crystalline structure or periodicity (i.e., amorphous) in any amount is produced or treated by a process under the class definition or wherein a metal or metal alloy passes through a physical state having no regular crystalline structure or periodicity during the treatment of the metal or metal alloy.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

100, for a process of developing, improving, modifying, or preserving the magnetic properties of an amorphous metal or metal alloy.

403, for stock material which is in an amorphous state.