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Inorganic compounds

US8449855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

H. C. Starck GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Frank Schrumpf · Goslar, DE
Wolfgang Kiliani · Laufenbürg, DE
Stefan Frässle · Murg, DE
Thomas Schmidt · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 18, 2011
Grant date	May 28, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2982
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is related to a boride of a metal of transition group four of the periodic table of the elements, wherein at least 40 wt. % of the particles have a grain size of more than 106 μm, determined by sieve analysis according to ASTM B 214, and these particles consist of grown, monocrystalline grains. The invention also relates to a cermet, wettable powder and a surface coating which contain the boride. The invention further relates to a process to prepare the boride. The invention additionally relates to a process to prepare a cermet or a wettable powder.

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