Method for producing a titanium metallic composition having titanium boride particles dispersed therein

A method for producing an article made of constituent elements in constituent-element proportions, comprising the steps of

• furnishing at least one nonmetallic precursor compound, wherein all of the nonmetallic precursor compounds collectively contain the constituent elements in their respective constituent-element proportions, and wherein the constituent elements comprise
• a titanium-base metallic composition, and
• boron present at a level of from about 0.05 to 17 percent by weight of the article, and
• a stable-oxide-forming additive element that forms a stable oxide in the titanium-based metallic composition, and wherein at least one additive element is present at a level greater than its room-temperature solid solubility limit in the titanium-base metallic composition;
• and
• chemically reducing the precursor compounds to produce a material comprising a titanium-base metallic composition having titanium boride particles therein, without melting the titanium-base metallic composition;
• and
• consolidating the titanium-base metallic composition having the titanium boride particles therein to produce the consolidated article, without melting the titanium-base metallic composition and without melting the consolidated titanium-base metallic composition.