IP Library Granted Patent US 8,226,855
Granted Patent B2
US 8,226,855 · App. 12/030,910 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Pt or Pt alloy materials hardened by oxide dispersion, produced by inner oxidation and having proportions of oxide and good ductility

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Patent No.
US 8,226,855
App. No.
12/030,910
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid body of a metal alloy comprising less than 99% by weight of noble metal and more than 1% by weight of dispersion-strengthening metals is converted for production of a dispersion-strengthened platinum material by at least 90% oxidation of the dispersion-strengthening metals into a dispersion-strengthened platinum material. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material contains a noble metal component of platinum or a platinum alloy amounting to between 95 and 99% by weight and a dispersion-strengthening agent. The noble metal component includes at least 55% by weight Pt, 0 to 30% by weight Rh, 0 to 30% by weight Au, and 0 to 40% by weight Pd. The remaining proportion by mass of more than 1% by weight is a dispersion-strengthening agent, which contains at least one metal oxidized at least 90% by weight with oxygen, the metal being selected from the group of Ce, Zr, Sc, and Y.

Claims (18)

1. A dispersion-strengthened platinum material, comprising a noble metal component and a dispersion-strengthening agent, wherein a proportion by mass of the noble metal component amounts to between 95 and 99% by weight and the noble metal component comprises platinum or a platinum alloy containing at least 55% by weight Pt, 0 to 30% by weight Rh, 0 to 30% by weight Au, and 0 to 40% by weight Pd, and wherein a remaining proportion by mass of more than 1% by weight of the dispersion-strengthened material is the dispersion-strengthening agent, wherein the dispersion-strengthening agent comprises at least 90% by weight metals oxidized with oxygen and comprises Zr and Sc, and wherein the dispersion-strengthened platinum material comprises 1 to 4% by weight Zr and 0.05 to 1% by weight Sc.

2. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , wherein Sc comprises a maximum of 1% by weight of the material.

3. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of Zr to Sc is 5:1 to 20:1.

4. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , wherein the platinum or platinum alloy comprises Pt and 0 to 30% by weight Rh.

5. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , wherein the noble metal component consists of Pt or a Pt alloy of at least 55% by weight Pt, 0 to 30% by weight Rh, 0 to 30% by weight Au, and 0 to 40% by weight Pd.

6. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , wherein the material is stable under abrasive conditions.

7. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , the material having a form of a spark plug electrode tip.

8. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , the material having a form of a glass working tool or part thereof.

9. A process for production of a dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 1 , the process comprising providing a solid body of a metal alloy comprising less than 99% by weight of noble metal and more than 1% by weight of at least one dispersion-strengthening metal, and converting the solid body into a dispersion-strengthened platinum material by at least 90% oxidation of the at least one dispersion-strengthening metal.

10. A dispersion-strengthened platinum material, comprising a noble metal component and a dispersion-strengthening agent, wherein a proportion by mass of the noble metal component amounts to between 95 and 99% by weight and the noble metal component comprises platinum or a platinum alloy containing at least 55% by weight Pt, 0 to 30% by weight Rh, 0 to 30% by weight Au, and 0 to 40% by weight Pd, and wherein a remaining proportion by mass of more than 1% by weight of the dispersion-strengthened material is the dispersion-strengthening agent, wherein the dispersion-strengthening agent comprises at least 90% by weight metals oxidized with oxygen and comprises Zr, Sc, and Y, and wherein the dispersion-strengthened platinum material comprises 1 to 4% by weight Zr and 0.05 to 1% by weight Sc and Y.

11. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , wherein a sum total of Sc and Y is a maximum of 1% by weight of the material.

12. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , wherein the mass ratio of Zr to a sum total of Sc and Y is 5:1 to 20:1.

13. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , wherein the platinum or platinum alloy comprises Pt and 0 to 30% by weight Rh.

14. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , wherein the noble metal component consists of Pt or a Pt alloy of at least 55% by weight Pt, 0 to 30% by weight Rh, 0 to 30% by weight Au, and 0 to 40% by weight Pd.

15. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , wherein the material is stable under abrasive conditions.

16. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , the material having a form of a spark plug electrode tip.

17. The dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , the material having a form of a glass working tool or part thereof.

18. A process for production of a dispersion-strengthened platinum material according to claim 10 , the process comprising providing a solid body of a metal alloy comprising less than 99% by weight of noble metal and more than 1% by weight of at least one dispersion-strengthening metal, and converting the solid body into a dispersion-strengthened platinum material by at least 90% oxidation of the at least one dispersion-strengthening metal.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2015
From: HERAEUS MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
To: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 035744/0381 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2012
From: W.C. HERAEUS GMBH
To: HERAEUS MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027830/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2008
From: MANHARDT, HARALD; ECKARDT, TANJA; LUPTON, DAVID FRANCIS
To: W.C. HERAEUS GMBH
Reel/Frame 021373/0071 →