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Method of making highly sinterable lanthanum chromite powder

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OSTI ID:868450

A highly sinterable powder consisting essentially of LaCrO.sub.3, containing from 5 weight % to 20 weight % of a chromite of dopant Ca, Sr, Co, Ba, or Mg and a coating of a chromate of dopant Ca, Sr, Co, Ba, or Mg; is made by (1) forming a solution of La, Cr, and dopant; (2) heating their solutions; (3) forming a combined solution having a desired ratio of La, Cr, and dopant and heating to reduce solvent; (4) forming a foamed mass under vacuum; (5) burning off organic components and forming a charred material; (6) grinding the charred material; (7) heating the char at from 590.degree. C. to 950 C. in inert gas containing up to 50,000 ppm O.sub.2 to provide high specific surface area particles; (8) adding that material to a mixture of a nitrate of Cr and dopant to form a slurry; (9) grinding the particles in the slurry; (10) freeze or spray drying the slurry to provide a coating of nitrates on the particles; and (11) heating the coated particles to convert the nitrate coating to a chromate coating and provide a highly sinterable material having a high specific surface area of over 7 m.sup.2 /g.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80ET17089
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5143751
OSTI ID:
868450
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Densification of La1-xSixCrO3 journal September 1976
Polymeric Precursor Synthesis of Ceramic Materials journal January 1986
Fabrication and Property Control of LaCro3 Based Oxides book January 1978