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METHOD OF PRODUCING NIOBIUM METAL

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OSTI ID:4169498
A process is given for preparing ductile niobium metal by the reduction of niobium pentoxide with carbon. The invention resides in the addition, to the reaction mass, of from 0.05 to 0.4 atom of titanium (in the form of metallic titanium, titanium carbide, and/or titanium oxide) per one mole of niobium pentoxide. The mixture is heated under subatmospheric pressure to above 1300 deg C but below the melting point of niobium, and the carbon- and oxygen-free niobium sponge obtained is cooled under reduced pressure.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-021923
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2937939
OSTI ID:
4169498
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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