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Title: Melt containment member

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1158780

A tubular melt containment member for transient containment of molten metals and alloys, especially reactive metals and alloys, includes a melt-contacting layer or region that comprises an oxygen-deficient rare earth oxide material that is less reactive as compared to the counterpart stoichiometric rare earth oxide. The oxygen-deficient (sub-stoichiometric) rare earth oxide can comprise oxygen-deficient yttria represented by Y.sub.2O.sub.3-x wherein x is from 0.01 to 0.1. Use of the oxygen-deficient rare earth oxide as the melt-contacting layer or region material reduces reaction with the melt for a given melt temperature and melt contact time.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA)
Patent Number(s):
8,826,966
Application Number:
13/573,211
OSTI ID:
1158780
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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