Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited

Tadashi Teramoto

Yoshiteru Kageyama

Yoshiaki Sawada

The present invention provides a process for producing ultrafine metal particles by gas-phase pyrolysis of 0.1 to 30% by volume transition metal carbonyl compound diluted with a diluent gas to form a mixed gas, which comprises supplying 1 to 30% by volume of the mixed gas of up to 200.degree. C. and 99 to 70 % by volume of a second diluent gas. The second gas heated to at least 400.degree. C., serves as a heat feed source for gas-phase pyrolysis to a reaction zone. The gases are mixed together there to carry out gas-phase pyrolysis in the presence of a magnetic field of at least 100 gauss.

Process for producing ultrafine metal particles

A magnetic metal powder comprising fine particles of a transition metal which contain 0.2 to 2.5% by weight of carbon substantially in the form of metal carbide and which are of such a geometry as a minor axis length of 100 to 300 .ANG. and a (major to minor) axial ratio of 1 to 50.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Tadashi Teramoto