IP Library Granted Patent US 12662430
Granted Patent B2
US 12662430 · App. 18/007,203 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Cr—Si—C-based sintered body

Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara (Ayase, JP); Masami Mesuda (Ayase, JP); Ayaka Masuda (Ayase, JP)
Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
C04B35/575C04B35/58092C04B35/62695C23C14/3414
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Patent No.
US 12662430
App. No.
18/007,203
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a high-density Cr—Si—C-based sintered body including chromium (Cr), silicon (Si) and carbon (C) and is furthermore to provide at least one of the high-density Cr—Si—C-based sintered body, a sputtering target including the sintered body or a method for producing a film using the sputtering target. The present invention can provide a Cr—Si—C-based sintered body including chromium (Cr), silicon (Si) and carbon (C), wherein the sintered body has a relative density of 90% or more and a porosity of 13% or less.

Claims (27)

1 . A sintered body, consisting of:

1 to 20 wt % carbon;

20 to 70 wt % silicon; and

chromium (Cr),

wherein the sintered body has a relative density of 90% or more and a porosity of 13% or less.

2 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body includes chromium silicide and at least one selected from the group consisting of chromium carbide, silicon carbide and carbon.

3 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has a main phase comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of CrSi, CrSi 2 and Cr 3 Si.

4 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has an oxygen content of 1 wt % or less.

5 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has a flexural strength of 100 MPa or more.

6 . A method for producing the sintered body of claim 1 , comprising:

mixing a gas atomization powder of chromium and silicon with a carbon source including carbon and at least one of chromium or silicon to obtain an alloy-raw-material powder; and

hot-pressing the alloy-raw-material powder in a vacuum atmosphere, at a pressure of 50 MPa or less and a baking temperature of 1350° C.-1800° C.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the carbon source comprises a carbide including at least one of chromium or silicon.

8 . A sputtering target, comprising:

the sintered body of claim 1 .

9 . A method for producing a film, comprising:

sputtering using the sputtering target of claim 8 .

10 . The sintered body according to claim 2 , wherein the sintered body has a main phase comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of CrSi, CrSi 2 and Cr 3 Si.

11 . The sintered body according to claim 2 , wherein the sintered body has an oxygen content of 1 wt % or less.

12 . The sintered body according to claim 3 , wherein the sintered body has an oxygen content of 1 wt % or less.

13 . The sintered body according to claim 2 , wherein the sintered body has a flexural strength of 100 MPa or more.

14 . The sintered body according to claim 3 , wherein the sintered body has a flexural strength of 100 MPa or more.

15 . The sintered body according to claim 4 , wherein the sintered body has a flexural strength of 100 MPa or more.

16 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has a relative density of 90 to 95.9%.

17 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has a porosity of 5.2 to 13%.

18 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has a flexural strength of 180 MPa or more and 220 MPa or less.

19 . The sintered body according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body has chromium content of more than 10 wt % and less than 79 wt %.