Dispersion-hardened precious-metal alloy
AssigneeHeraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMatthias Wegner
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Abstract
Methods of making dispersion-hardened platinum compositions include A) producing a melt having at least 70 wt. % platinum, up to 29.95 wt. % of one or more of rhodium, gold, iridium and palladium, between 0.05 wt. % and 1 wt. % of oxidizable non-precious metals in the form of zirconium, yttrium and scandium, and, as the remainder, platinum including impurities, wherein the ratio of zirconium to yttrium in the melt is in a range of from 5.9:1 to 4.3:1 and the ratio of zirconium to scandium in the melt is at least 17.5:1, B) hardening the melt to form a solid body, C) processing the solid body to form a volume body, and D) oxidizing the non-precious metals contained in the volume body by a heat treatment in an oxidizing medium over a time period of at least 48 hours at a temperature of at least 750° C.
Claims19
A method for producing a platinum composition comprising the following chronological steps:
- A) producing a melt having at least 70 wt. % platinum, up to 29.95 wt. % of one or more of rhodium, gold, iridium and palladium, between 0.05 wt. % and 1 wt. % of oxidizable non-precious metals in the form of zirconium, yttrium and scandium, and, as the remainder, platinum including impurities, wherein the ratio of zirconium to yttrium in the melt is in a range of from 5.9:1 to 4.3:1 and the ratio of zirconium to scandium in the melt is at least 17.5:1;
- B) hardening the melt to form a solid body;
- C) processing the solid body to form a volume body;
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- D) oxidizing the non-precious metals contained in the volume body by a heat treatment in an oxidizing medium over a time period of at least 48 hours at a temperature of at least 750° C.
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