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Tungsten carbide-cobalt flame spray powder and method
Assignee: GTE Sylvania Inc
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Filing: 1976-04-08
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Granted: 1977-05-24
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Expires: 1996-04-08
Abstract
Abstract Tungsten carbide-cobalt agglomerated flame spray powder is produced by spray drying a slurry of particles in an aqueous cobalt nitrate solution. The agglomerates are classified according to size and the out-of-size agglomerates are recycled. The classified agglomerates are heated in flowing hydrogen, to reduce the nitrate to cobalt metal, and then sintered to strengthen the agglomerates for subsequent flame spraying.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Frank Cheney
- 👤 William Daniel Lafferty
- 👤 George Jacob Long
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 16:48
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C4/00; C23C4/04; C23C4/06; B; B22; B22F; B22F9/00; B22F9/16; B22F9/18; B22F9/20; B22F9/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12014
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A flame spray powder comprising agglomerates consisting essentially of particles of at least one member selected from a first group consisting of WC, W, and C, and at least one member selected from a second group consisting of Co and an aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound, the agglomerate particles held together by a binder consisting essentially of spray dried cobalt nitrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
62 words
A flame spray powder comprising agglomerates consisting essentially of particles of at least one member selected from a first group consisting of WC, W, and C, and at least one member selected from a second group consisting of Co and an aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound, the agglomerate particles held together by a binder consisting essentially of spray dried cobalt nitrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The flame spray powder of claim 1 in which the total cobalt from all sources is present in an amount equivalent to elemental cobalt of from about 4 to 20 weight percent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The flame spray powder of claim 2 in which from about 2 to 50 weight percent of the cobalt is present in the form of cobalt nitrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The flame spray powder of claim 1 in which the aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound is cobalt oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The flame spray powder of claim 1 in which the aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound and cobalt nitrate have been substantially reduced to cobalt metal.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for producing a flame spray powder comprising: (a) forming a slurry of particles in an aqueous cobalt nitrate solution, the particles being selected from at least one member of a first group consisting essentially of WC, W, and C, and at least one member of a second group consisting of CoO and an aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound; and (b) spray drying the slurry in a spray dryer having a first inlet air temperature and a second outlet air temperature, to bind the particles into spray dried agglomerates with the cobalt nitrate.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for producing a flame spray powder comprising: (a) forming a slurry of particles in an aqueous cobalt nitrate solution, the particles being selected from at least one member of a first group consisting essentially of WC, W, and C, and at least one member of a second group consisting of CoO and an aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound; and (b) spray drying the slurry in a spray dryer having a first inlet air temperature and a second outlet air temperature, to bind the particles into spray dried agglomerates with the cobalt nitrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 6 in which the inlet air temperature is below 370° C. and the outlet air temperature is below 190° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 in which the amount of particles in the solution is from about 50 to 85 weight percent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 6 in which the cobalt nitrate is present in the solution at a concentration of about 10 to 1000 grams per liter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 6 in which the spray dried agglomerates are heated at a temperature of from 400° C. to 900° C. in a reducing atmosphere for a time of from 1/2 to 24 hours, to substantially reduce the cobalt compounds to metallic cobalt.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 6 in which the spray dried agglomerates are heated at a temperature of from 1100° to 1350° C. for a time of 5 to 120 minutes in a reducing atmosphere, to strengthen and densify the agglomerates by sintering.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 6 in which the spray dried agglomerates are classified according to size by screening.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 6 in which the aqueous insoluble chemically reducible cobalt compound is cobalt oxide.
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