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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
May. 12, 1986
Judith A Ladd, Sayre, PA (US);
Clarence D Vanderpool, Towanda, PA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A chromium-cobalt alloy fine powder is disclosed which consists essentially of spheres with the chromium and cobalt being relatively uniformly distributed throughout the particles of the powder. The process for producing the powder is disclosed. The process involves firing a relatively uniform admixture consisting essentially of anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride and chromium (III) chloride in a furnace in a hydrogen atmosphere at a first temperature of at least about 400.degree. C. and below the sublimation temperature of chromium (III) chloride for a time sufficient to reduce essentially all of the cobalt (II) chloride to cobalt metal and to reduce essentially all of the chromium (III) chloride to chromium (II) chloride. The temperature is elevated to a second temperature of at least about 750.degree. C. and below the sublimation temperature of chromium (II) chloride. The elevation is done by raising the temperature in increments of about 100.degree. C. and holding at the elevated temperature until the evolution of HCl gas ceases. The first reduced mixture is fired at the second temperature for a time sufficient to to reduce essentially all of the chromium (II) chloride to chromium metal without causing appreciable melting of the cobalt metal, to form the alloy powder which is then cooled in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.