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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Ricky W. Kitchell, Douglassville, PA (US);
Heather L. Wolbach, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ricky W. Kitchell, Douglassville, PA (US);
Heather L. Wolbach, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described. In one embodiment, a milling process is described wherein the surfaces of the mill in contact with the starting metal oxide, getter material, and/or oxygen reduced metal oxide are the same as the material being milled. Other milling techniques and products are also described.