US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 688
.~.~ Aluminum(Al) or aluminum 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}
559  DF  .~ Heating or cooling of solid metal {22}
688.~.~ Aluminum(Al) or aluminum base alloy {5}
689  DF  .~.~.~> With extruding or drawing {1}
691  DF  .~.~.~> With working above 400'C or nonspecified hot working {2}
695  DF  .~.~.~> With working {1}
698  DF  .~.~.~> With ageing, solution treating (i.e., for hardening), precipitation hardening or strengthening {2}
703  DF  .~.~.~> Treating with specified agent (e.g., heat exchange agent, protective agent, decarburizing agent, denitriding agent, etc.) or vacuum {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 148/688

Aluminum (Al) or aluminum base alloy:

(under subclass 559) Process wherein the metal being treated is aluminum(Al) or an aluminum alloy containing greater than 50 percent aluminum.