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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Derek John Fray, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Charles Copcutt, Cambridge, GB;
George Zheng Chen, Cambridge, GB;
Derek John Fray, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Charles Copcutt, Cambridge, GB;
George Zheng Chen, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A method for the production of an intermetallic compound (MZ) involves treating a solid precursor material comprising three or more species, including first and second metal or metalloid species (M, Z) and a non-metal species (X), by electro-deoxidation in contact with a melt comprising a fused salt (MY) under conditions whereby the non-metal species dissolves in the melt. The first and second metal or metalloid species form an intermetallic compound. The method is performed in a cell comprising a cathode of the precursor material (), which is immersed in a melt () contained in a crucible () for electro-deoxidation.