Process for making highly reactive sub-micron amorphous titanium diboride powder
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1. The method of making sub-micron titanium diboride which comprises the steps of forming a powdered reaction mixture consisting essentially of titanium oxide, boron oxide and magnesium, exothermically reacting the reaction mix in an atmosphere including air to yield a reacted mass containing titanium diboride and magnesia, and leaching the reacted mass with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8, to recover the sub-micron titanium diboride.
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A method of producing submicron titanium diboride from an initial mixture of titanium oxide, boron oxide, and magnesium, by reducing the titanium dioxide and boron oxide with magnesium in an atmosphere including air to yield a resultant product containing submicron titanium diboride and magnesia. The reduction reaction is preferably initiated by locally igniting the initial mixture. The resultant product is then cooled and leached with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8 to recover the sub-micron titanium diboride.
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- 1. The method of making sub-micron titanium diboride which comprises the steps of forming a powdered reaction mixture consisting essentially of titanium oxide, boron oxide and magnesium, exothermically reacting the reaction mix in an atmosphere including air to yield a reacted mass containing titanium diboride and magnesia, and leaching the reacted mass with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8, to recover the sub-micron titanium diboride.
- 4. The method of making titanium dioboride of sub-micron size in situ which comprises the steps of reducing titanium oxide and boron oxide with magnesium in an atmosphere including air to yield a reacted mass containing sub-micron titanium diboride and magnesia, leaching the reacted mass with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8, and recovering sub-micron titanium diboride.
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9. The method of making amorphous titanium diboride of sub-micron particle size, which comprises the steps of:
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forming a powdered reaction mixture consisting essentially of titanium oxide, boron oxide and magnesium in which the magnesium and B2 O3 are present in weight amount within the range of about 5-30% in excess of their stoichiometric amounts; locally igniting said reaction mixture in an atmosphere including air to react the reaction mixture exothermically; cooling the resultant product from the exothermic reaction; leaching the reacted mass with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8, until the reacted, leached mass contains substantially only titanium diboride int he leaching solution; and
thenrecovering amorphous, sub-micron titanium diboride powder from the leaching solution. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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- 11. The method of making titanium diboride which comprises the steps forming a powdered reaction mixture consisting essentially of titanium oxide, boron oxide and magnesium, exothermically reacting the reaction mixture in an atmosphere including air to yield a reacted product containing titanium diboride and magnesia, rapidly cooling the reacted product and then leaching the reacted product with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8, to recover sub-micron titanium diboride.
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