Goodfellow Corp., Coraopolis, Pa., offers a custom alloy service to researchers and design engineers seeking performance characteristics not available from standard alloys.
Custom alloys have been produced with gold, silver, palladium, platinum, copper, and/or nickel as major constituents, with other elements sometimes added to create unusual alloys and alloys that contain challenging combinations. Such alloys are usually vacuum-cast and made by combining a number of different master alloys.
Goodfellow can also provide a limited range of items produced through mechanical alloying, a process similar to metal powder processing. An example would be an alloy, in powder form, of iron with aluminum oxide: (Fe98.1%/Mn1.8%/C0.1%) 98wt% / Al2O3 2wt%.
Custom alloys are generally available as foil, wire and sheet, although other forms can be considered. Quantities from 50 to 100g are typical.
