Composite target material and process for producing the same
US4620872A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01F41/183
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A novel composite target material that is composed of a rare earth metal and a transition metal (iron-group metal) and which is used in the formation of a thin magnetooptical recording film by sputtering is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for producing such composite target material. The process comprises the steps of providing a rare earth metal and an iron-group transition metal as separate entities, mixing these metals without alloying, and hot-forming the mixture at a temperature lower than the eutectic point of the system of metallic components in the mixture, thereby forming an intermetallic compound at the interface between the rare earth metal and the transition metal while causing said metals to be bonded together. The target material produced by this process contains 30-50 wt % of the rare earth metal, with the balance being made of the iron-group transition metal and incidental impurities. The structure of the target material is also characterized by the presence of an intermetallic compound phase at the interface between the particles of the rare earth metal and those of the transition metal. This composite target material has sufficiently high density, high stre…
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