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Oxygen-free dispersion-strengthened copper and process for making same
Assignee: SCM Metal Products Inc
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Filing: 1982-02-17
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Granted: 1984-07-31
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Expires: 2002-02-17
Abstract
Abstract Substantially completely deoxidized, consolidated dispersion-strengthened copper stock of sizable cross section and particulates capable of being thus consolidated into such stock are shown. The stock exhibits ductility substantially greater than that of otherwise corresponding stock which contains about 100-500 ppm of available oxygen. Also shown is a staged powder deoxidation process using hydrogen or like reducing gas followed by the sequestration of remaining available oxygen with a minute proportion of diffusible, normally solid oxygen getter.
Inventors
- 👤 Erhard Klar
- 👤 Anil V. Nadkarni
- 👤 Prasanna K. Samal
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:10
CPC Classifications
C; C22; C22C; C22C1/00; C22C1/04; C22C1/05; C22C1/059; B; B22; B22F; B22F1/00; B22F1/14; B22F1/145; C22B; C22B15/00; C22B15/0026; C22B15/006; C22B5/00; C22B5/02; C22B5/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A process for producing deoxidized dispersion-strengthened copper which comprises: subjecting particulate crude dispersion-strengthened copper to partial reduction at a temperature of 1400° F. to 1800° F. with a reducing gas having a dew point of about 0° to minus 50° F. until the available oxygen content in said crude copper has been lowered to about 100 to 500 ppm, thereby providing a low-oxygen intermediate copper; and thermally inducing sequestration of substantially all of the remaining available oxygen in said intermediate copper with a minute proportion of diffusible oxygen getter at elevated temperature, said proportion being in excess of, but not substantially more than about double that which is stoichiometric for combining with all of the available oxygen remaining in said intermediate copper.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A process for producing deoxidized dispersion-strengthened copper which comprises: subjecting particulate crude dispersion-strengthened copper to partial reduction at a temperature of 1400° F. to 1800° F. with a reducing gas having a dew point of about 0° to minus 50° F. until the available oxygen content in said crude copper has been lowered to about 100 to 500 ppm, thereby providing a low-oxygen intermediate copper; and thermally inducing sequestration of substantially all of the remaining available oxygen in said intermediate copper with a minute proportion of diffusible oxygen getter at elevated temperature, said proportion being in excess of, but not substantially more than about double that which is stoichiometric for combining with all of the available oxygen remaining in said intermediate copper.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said crude copper and said intermediate copper are free-flowing particulates, and said getter is blended intimately with said intermediate copper for said sequestration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the substantially completely deoxidized dispersion-strengthened intermediate copper is consolidated to substantially full density.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the consolidating is done by extrusion of the substantially completely deoxidized copper retained in a metal can, and said deoxidized copper contains about 0.05-0.15% alumina calculated as elemental aluminum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said intermediate copper contains about 100-300 ppm oxygen, the reducing gas used contains hydrogen, and the partial reduction therewith is done at temperature of about 1400°-1750° F.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the getter is elemental boron powder in intimate admixture with free-flowing particulates of said intermediate copper and in a proportion of about 150% of said stoichiometric proportion to leave the resulting substantially completely deoxidized copper unsaturated with respect to elemental boron, and the sequestration is done at temperature of about 1500°-1700° F.
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