Metal strip for epitaxial coatings and method for the production thereof

• US 6,908,691 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2001
• Issued: 06/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: evico GmbH
• Original Assignee: Institut FUER Festkoerper-Und Werkstoffschung Dresden EV
• Inventors: De Boer, Bernd, Risse, Gunter, Holzapfel, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Koehler, Robert R.
• Application Number:
  US10/432,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20050031890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,294 Days
• Field of Search: 428/615, 428/577, 428/637, 428/668, 428/671, 428/687, 428/929, 148/206, 148/207, 148/279, 148/282, 148/284, 148/286, 148/409, 148/411, 148/426, 148/430, 148/431, 148/432, 148/435, 505/470, 505/473, 505/490, 505/500
• US Class Current: 428/615
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 1/1094 comprising an after-treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 2204/00 End product comprising different layers, coatings or parts of cermet
• CPC Class Codes: C30B 11/00 Single-crystal growth by normal freezing or freezing under temperature gradient, e.g. Bridgman-Stockbarger method C30B13/00, C30B15/00, C30B17/00, C30B19/00 take precedence; under a protective fluid C30B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: C30B 25/18 characterised by the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: C30B 29/52 Alloys
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/929 Electrical contact feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12229 Intermediate article [e.g., blank, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12493 Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12576 Boride, carbide or nitride component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12646 Group VIII or IB metal-base
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12861 Group VIII or IB metal-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12882 Cu-base component alternative to Ag-, Au-, or Ni-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12993 Surface feature [e.g., rough, mirror]

Abstract

The aim of the invention is to provide a metal strip for epitaxial coating with a biaxially textured layer, this metal strip, however, being able to be produced in an uncomplicated manner and having a high tensile strength, low magnetic losses and/or a high electrical conductivity. According to the invention, the metal strip is comprised of Nj, Cu, Ag or alloys thereof all serving as basic material, whereby the one-layer metal strip and, in the instance of a multilayer metal strip, at least one of its layers contains 10 nm to 5 μm large, strength-increasing dispersoids comprised of carbides, borides, oxides and/or nitrides with a volume proportion ranging from 0.1 to 5%. In the instance of a multilayer metal strip, the layers form a composite, and at least one of the layers does not contain any dispersoids and has a biaxial texture. For the production, a starting material is used, which is comprised of Ni, Cu, Ag or of alloys thereof all serving as basic material and which contains 0.2 to 5 atom percent of an additive comprised of oxidizable, nitridable, boridable and/or carbidable elements. A one-layer or a multilayer strip is produced from this starting material by means of deforming methods, whereby for producing the multilayer metal strip, a basic material that does not contain the aforementioned additive is used as one of its layers. Afterwards, the strip is subjected to a recrystallization annealing in order to form a cubical texture. Finally, the strip is subjected to an annealing under an oxygen, nitrogen, boron or carbon partial pressure, which is greater than the equilibrium partial pressure of oxides, nitrides, borides and carbides of the additive elements contained in the alloy, but is less than the equilibrium partial pressure of oxides, nitrides, borides and carbides of the basic elements Ni, Cu and Ag of the strip alloy.

Claims

1. A single-layer or multi-layer metal strip for the epitaxial coating with a biaxially textured layer, wherein the latter comprises nickel, copper, silver or their alloys as basic material, the single-layer metal strip and, in the case of the multi-layer metal strip, at least one of its layers comprises 0.1 to 5% by volume of 10 nm to 5 μ

m large, strength-increasing dispersoids of carbides, borides, oxides and/or nitrides and the layers of a multi-layer metal strip forming a composite and at least one of the layers being free of dispersoids and having a biaxial texture.

2. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the layers of the multi-layer metal strip comprises a uniform basic material or that at least one of the layer differs form the remaining ones with regard to the basic material.

3. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the dispersoid-containing layer comprises copper, a copper alloy or a nickel alloy and the dispersoid-free, biaxially textured layer comprises nickel or a nickel alloy as basic material.

4. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the carbide dispersoids comprises Cr₄C, Cr₇C₃, Cr₃C₂, B₄C, WC, Mo₂C, VC, NbC, TaC and/or TiC.

5. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the boride dispersoids comprises of AlB₁₂, ZrB₂, Co₃B, W₂B₅, and/or TiB₂.

6. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the oxide dispersoids comprises ZrO₂, TiO₂, Al₂O₃, ThO₂ and/or CeO₂.

7. The metal strip of claim 1, wherein the nitride dispersoids comprises BN, Si₃N₄, W₂N₃, ZrN, TiN and/or CrN.

8. A method for producing a single-layer or multi-layer metal strip as set forth in claim 1 wherein a starting material is used, which consists of nickel, copper, silver or their alloys as the basic material and contains 0.2 to 5 atom percent of an additive of elements, which form oxides, nitrides, borides and/or carbides, that a single-layer or a multi-layer strip is produced form this starting material by means of transforming methods, a basic material without the aforementioned additive being used in the preparation of the multi-layer metal strip for at least one of the layers of the strip, that subsequently the strip is subjected to a recrystallization annealing for forming a cubic texture and that finally the strip is subjected to an annealing under a partial pressure of oxygen, nitrogen, boron or carbon, the partial pressure being above the equilibrium partial pressure of the oxides, nitrides, borides and carbides of the additive elements contained in the alloy and below the equilibrium partial pressure of oxides, nitrides, borides and carbides of the basic elements nickel, copper and silver of the strip alloy.

10. The method of, claim 8, wherein the strip, in the event that it is annealed in oxygen, is subjected to a temperature ranging from 750°

to 1,000°

C.

9. The method of, wherein the starting material used comprises which contains, in nickel, copper, silver or their alloys as basic material, an addition of 1 to 2 atom percent of elements, which can form oxides, nitrides, borides and or carbides.