Patent · US Expired

Production of low oxygen metal wire

US6269536A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1996
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49117
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Production of low oxygen forms of tantalum and other refractory metals providing hydrided powder of the metal, forming a tube (10), pouring the metal into the tube, dehydriding the powder in the tube and sealing the tube and extruding to form a rod encased in the tube and further fabricating the rod.

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