Method for producing a metallic alloy by the oxidation and chemical reduction of gaseous non-oxide precursor compounds
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAndrew Philip Woodfield, Eric Allen Ott, William Thomas Carter, Jr.
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Abstract
A metallic alloy is prepared from a gaseous mixture of at least two non-oxide precursor compounds, wherein the non-oxide precursor compounds collectively comprise the metallic constituents. The mixture of the non-oxide precursor compounds is oxidized to form a solid mixed metallic oxide. The solid mixed metallic oxide is chemically reduced to produce the metallic alloy.
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A method for producing a metallic alloy having at least two metallic constituents, comprising the steps of
- furnishing a gaseous mixture of at least two non-oxide precursor compounds, wherein the non-oxide precursor compounds collectively comprise the metallic constituents;
- thereafter
- oxidizing the mixture of the non-oxide precursor compounds to form a solid mixed metallic oxide, wherein the step of oxidizing is performed at a temperature greater than room temperature but less than a melting temperature of the mixed metallic oxide;
- and thereafter
- chemically reducing the solid mixed metallic oxide to produce the metallic alloy.
A method for producing a metallic alloy having at least two metallic constituents, comprising the steps of
- furnishing a gaseous mixture of at least two non-oxide precursor compounds, wherein the non-oxide precursor compounds collectively comprise the metallic constituents, and wherein a base metal constituent, present in an amount by weight greater than any other metallic constituent, is titanium present as titanium chloride;
- thereafter
- oxidizing the mixture of the non-oxide precursor compounds to form a solid mixed metallic oxide, wherein the step of oxidizing is performed at a temperature greater than room temperature but less than a melting temperature of the solid mixed metallic oxide;
- and thereafter
- chemically reducing the solid mixed metallic oxide to produce the metallic alloy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.