Editing Inconel (section)

== History ==
The Inconel family of alloys was first developed before December 1932, when its [[trademark]] was registered by the US company [[International Nickel Company]] of Delaware and New York.<ref name="wmi">{{cite news |title=Word Mark : Inconel |url=https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:9v10p.5.3 |agency=Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref><ref name="min">{{cite book |title=Monel, Inconel, Nickel, and Nickel Alloys |date=1947 |publisher=International Nickel Company |location=Development and Research Division}}</ref> A significant early use was found in support of the development of the [[Frank Whittle|Whittle]] jet engine,<ref name=ehj>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=T.L.|title=Frank Whittle's W2B Turbojet: United Kingdom versus United States Development|url=http://www.enginehistory.org/GasTurbines/W2B.shtml|website=EngineHistory.org|publisher=Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc|access-date=27 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330052504/http://enginehistory.org/GasTurbines/W2B.shtml|archive-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> during the 1940s by research teams at Henry Wiggin & Co of [[Hereford, England]] a subsidiary of the [[Mond Nickel Company]],<ref name="dbs32">{{cite book |title=Annual Report on the Mineral Production of Canada |date=1932 |publisher=Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics |page=88}}</ref> which merged with [[Inco]] in 1928. The Hereford Works and its properties including the Inconel trademark were acquired in 1998 by [[Special Metals Corporation]].<ref name=smch>{{cite web|url=http://www.specialmetals.com/history.php |title=Special Metals Corporation: History |access-date=2012-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421064350/http://www.specialmetals.com/history.php |archive-date=April 21, 2008 }}</ref>