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Sintering metal powders into structures without sintering aids
Assignee: Corning Inc
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Filing: 1988-07-15
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Granted: 1991-02-12
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Expires: 2008-07-15
Abstract
Abstract Sintering metal powder in inert and/or reducing atmosphere has been found to result in a hard porous metal structure without the use of sintering aids. The oxidation resistance of the structure can be enhanced by the firing process comprised of the following steps: oxidation, reduction, and then inert gas sintering.
Inventors
- 👤 Srinivas H. Swaroop
- 👤 Raja R. Wusirika
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-03 13:45
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F3/00; B22F3/10; C; C22; C22C; C22C33/00; C22C33/02; C22C33/0257; C22C33/0278; B01; B01D; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/20; B01D39/2027; B01D39/2031; B01D39/2034; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9445; B01D53/945; B22F3/11; B22F3/1103; B22F3/1115; F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/022; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2803; B22F2998/00; B22F2998/10; B22F2999/00; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/14; F01N2530/00; F01N2530/24; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A method of producing an oxidation resistant, hard, porous, sintered body of sinterable metal powder consisting essentially, as analyzed in weight percent, of 5-50% Al, 30-90% Fe, the sum of Al and Fe constituting at least 80% of the total powers, 0-10% Ns, 0-10% Cu, 0-10% Cr, the sum of Sn and Cu and Cr being no more than 20%, in the absence of sintering aids, which method comprises the sequential steps of: (a) wet mixing the metal powder with organic binder and forming a green body of the resultant mixture, (b) firing said green body in an oxidizing atmosphere to burn out said binder with some of said metal being consequentially oxidized, (c) firing said green body in a reducing atmosphere to reduce said oxidized metal, and (d) firing said green body in a nonoxidizing environment to sinter said metal powder and density said green body into said porous, sintered body.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
152 words
A method of producing an oxidation resistant, hard, porous, sintered body of sinterable metal powder consisting essentially, as analyzed in weight percent, of 5-50% Al, 30-90% Fe, the sum of Al and Fe constituting at least 80% of the total powers, 0-10% Ns, 0-10% Cu, 0-10% Cr, the sum of Sn and Cu and Cr being no more than 20%, in the absence of sintering aids, which method comprises the sequential steps of: (a) wet mixing the metal powder with organic binder and forming a green body of the resultant mixture, (b) firing said green body in an oxidizing atmosphere to burn out said binder with some of said metal being consequentially oxidized, (c) firing said green body in a reducing atmosphere to reduce said oxidized metal, and (d) firing said green body in a nonoxidizing environment to sinter said metal powder and density said green body into said porous, sintered body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the oxidizing atmosphere is air.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the reducing atmosphere is a mixture of argon gas and hydrogen gas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the reducing atmosphere is 100% hydrogen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the nonoxidizing environment is gas selected from argon, hydrogen, and a combination thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of firing in a reducing atmosphere is carried out at a temperature below the sintering temperature to reduce the oxygen content of the metal to at least about 1% by weight thereof, and the step of firing in a nonoxidizing environment is carried out at the sintering temperature.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming a green body is the extrusion of a honeycomb.
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