| CPC B22F 3/1112 (2013.01) [B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 7/004 (2013.01); B22F 7/008 (2013.01); B22F 2003/242 (2013.01); B22F 2207/01 (2013.01); B22F 2302/45 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for manufacturing a multilayered composite, comprising:
providing a first layer of a first powder having first hollow microspheres dispersed therein;
providing a second layer of a second powder over the first layer of the first powder, the second layer of the second powder having second hollow microspheres dispersed therein; and
heating the first layer of the first powder and the second layer of the second powder,
wherein at least one of:
(i) the first layer of the first powder comprises a first metallic powder composition, the second layer of the second powder comprises a second metallic powder composition, and the second metallic powder composition is compositionally different from the first metallic powder composition; and
(ii) a thermal microstructural stability point of the second layer of the second powder is greater than a thermal microstructural stability point of the first layer of the first powder.
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