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Method of making alloy and carbide powders of molybdenum and tungsten
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1978-07-25
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Granted: 1980-08-05
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Expires: 1998-07-25
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a process for the production of an alloy powder (Mo, W) for powder metallurgy, which comprises chemically or mechanically mixing molybdenum and tungsten in the form of compounds and reducing the mixed powder with hydrogen, and a process for the production of a hard solid solution (Mo, W)C from the alloy powder (Mo, W), which comprises carburizing the alloy powder (Mo, W).
Inventors
- 👤 Masaya Miyake
- 👤 Minol Nakano
- 👤 Takaharu Yamamoto
- 👤 Akio Hara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 21:43
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C; C22; C22C; C22C29/00; C22C29/02; C22C29/06; C01; C01B; C01B32/00; C01B32/90; C01B32/914; C01B32/949; B22; B22F; B22F9/00; B22F9/16; B22F9/18; B22F9/20; B22F9/24; C22C1/00; C22C1/10; C22C1/1036; C22C1/1068; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/50; C01P2002/52; C01P2002/54; C01P2002/70; C01P2002/72; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/61; C01P2004/62; C01P2004/64; C01P2004/80; C01P2004/82; C01P2004/84; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/40; C01P2006/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A process for the production of an alloy powder for powder metallurgy, said alloy powder consisting essentially of a solid solution of molybdenum and tungsten each in a proportion of from 5 to 95 atomic %, and having a particle size of at most 20 microns, which process comprises mixing molybdenum and tungsten in the form of compounds thereof selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, metallic acids, salts of metallic acids and mixtures thereof, the resulting mixture of the compounds having a particle size of at most 1 micron, and then reducing the mixture with at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and ammonia.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A process for the production of an alloy powder for powder metallurgy, said alloy powder consisting essentially of a solid solution of molybdenum and tungsten each in a proportion of from 5 to 95 atomic %, and having a particle size of at most 20 microns, which process comprises mixing molybdenum and tungsten in the form of compounds thereof selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, metallic acids, salts of metallic acids and mixtures thereof, the resulting mixture of the compounds having a particle size of at most 1 micron, and then reducing the mixture with at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and ammonia.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molybdenum compound has an anion portion which is different from the anion portion of the tungsten compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the compounds is used in the form of a solution.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
A process for the production of an alloy powder containing molybdenum and tungsten and having a crystal structure of simple hexagonal WC type, which comprises mixing molybdenum and tungsten in the form of compounds thereof selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, metallic acids, salts of metallic acids and mixtures thereof, the resulting mixture of the compounds having a particle size of at most 1 micron, reducing the mixture with at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and ammonia to form an alloy powder of molybdenum and tungsten, and then carburizing the alloy powder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
A process for the production of an alloy powder containing molybdenum and tungsten and having a crystal structure of simple hexagonal WC type, which comprises mixing molybdenum and tungsten in the form of compounds thereof selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, metallic acids, salts of metallic acids and mixtures thereof, the resulting mixture of the compounds having a particle size of at most 1 micron, reducing the mixture with at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and ammonia to form an alloy powder of molybdenum and tungsten, and then carburizing the alloy powder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one of the compounds is used in the form of a solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein molybdenum oxide and tungsten oxide are mixed mechanically.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein ammoniacal solutions of molybdenum and tungsten are mixed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein molybdenum oxide is mixed with an ammoniacal solution of tungsten.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein tungsten oxide is mixed with an ammoniacal solution of molybdenum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the final heating step is carried out in an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the final heating step is carried out in the presence of at most 0.5% of at least one member selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel and cobalt as a diffusion aiding agent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process as claimed in claim 11, wherein the iron is used in the form of a compound.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the carburized product is cooled to normal temperature and reheated at a temperature of 1000° to 1800° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein, during the mixing step, at least one member selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, tantalum, niobium and chromium is further added in the form of compounds.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the carburizing is carried out at a temperature of at least 1200° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the molybdenum compound has an anion portion which is different from the anion portion of the tungsten compound.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one member selected from the group consisting of particle growth promoters, particle growth retarders and carburization reaction retarders is added to the mixture.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process as claimed in claim 17, wherein the particle growth promoter is sodium or potassium.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process as claimed in claim 17, wherein the particle growth retarder is titanium, vanadium or chromium.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process as claimed in claim 17, wherein the carburization reaction retarder is sulfur or a sulfur compound.
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