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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2004
William E. O'grady, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Graham T. Cheek, Annapolis, MD (US);
William E. O'Grady, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Graham T. Cheek, Annapolis, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A low temperature method for reducing and purifying refractory metals, metal compounds, and semi-metals using a catalyst. Using this invention, TiOcan be reduced directly to Ti metal at room temperature. The catalyst is an ion in an electrolyte that catalyzes the rate of the reduction of a compound MX to M, wherein M is a metal or a semi-metal; MX is a metal compound, a semi-metal compound, or a metal or semi-metal dissolved as an impurity in M; and X is an element chemically combined with or dissolved in M.