Low temperature refining and formation of refractory metals
NRL
This invention discloses and claims the low temperature reduction and purification of refractory metals, metal compounds, and semi-metals. The reduction is accomplished using non-aqueous ionic solvents in an electrochemical cell with the metal entity to be reduced. Using this invention, TiO2 is reduced directly to Ti metal at room temperature.
Inventors:
O'gardy, William E.; Cheeck, Graham T.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Materials and Coatings
FIle Date:
2003-06-24
Grant Date:
2005-10-25
Grant time:
854 days
Grant time percentile rank:
15
Claim count percentile rank:
3
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
