IP Library Granted Patent US 11,371,131
Granted Patent B2
US 11,371,131 · App. 16/882,050 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Powder for film formation and material for film formation

Inventors: Ryuichi Sato (Omuta, JP); Naoki Fukagawa (Omuta, JP); Yuji Shigeyoshi (Omuta, JP); Kento Matsukura (Omuta, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON YTTRIUM CO., LTD.
C23C4/10C04B35/50C04B35/5156C04B35/553C23C4/04C23C4/11C23C14/06C23C14/0694C23C14/26C23C14/3414C23C14/35C23C24/082C04B2111/00482C04B2235/3224Y10T428/29
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Patent No.
US 11,371,131
App. No.
16/882,050
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates a coating powder comprising a rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F) and having: an average particle size (D 50 ) of 0.1 to 10 μm, a pore volume of pores having a diameter of 10 μm or smaller of 0.1 to 0.5 cm 3 /g as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and a ratio of the maximum peak intensity (S0) assigned to a rare earth oxide (Ln x O y ) in the 2θ angle range of from 20° to 40° to the maximum peak intensity (S1) assigned to the rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F) in the same range, S0/S1, of 1.0 or smaller in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu-Kα rays or Cu-Kα 1 rays.

Claims (23)

1. A coating powder, being a non-granulated powder, comprising a rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F) and having:

an average particle size (D 50 ) of 0.1 to 9.6 μm,

a cumulative volume of all pores having a diameter of 10 μm or smaller and 0.001 μm or larger of 0.1 to 0.5 cm 3 /g as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and

a ratio of the maximum peak intensity (S0) assigned to a rare earth oxide (Ln x O y ) in the 2θ angle range of from 20° to 40° to the maximum peak intensity (S1) assigned to the rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F) in the same range, S0/S1, of 1.0 or smaller in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu-Kα rays or Cu-Kα 1 rays,

wherein said coating powder has a pore size peak in the range of from 2.2 μm to 5 μm in the pore size distribution of pores having a diameter of 10 μm or smaller measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry with pore size as abscissa and log differential pore volume as ordinate, and the BET specific surface area of said coating powder is 1.2 to 10 m 2 /g,

wherein Ln-O—F is a compound represented by LnO x F y , and

wherein x and y are 0.35≤x≤1.65, 0.5≤y≤1.5, 2.35≤2x+y≤5.1, and Ln is selected from the group consisting of Y, Sm, Gd, Ce, Er and Yb.

2. The coating powder according to claim 1 , comprising a rare earth fluoride (LnF 3 ) in addition to the rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F).

3. The coating powder according to claim 1 , having a ratio of the maximum peak intensity (S0) assigned to a rare earth oxide (Ln x O y ) in the 2θ angle range of from 20° to 40° to the maximum peak intensity (S1) assigned to the rare earth oxyfluoride (Ln-O—F) in the same range, S0/S1, of 0.10 or smaller in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu-Kα rays or Cu-Kα 1 rays.

4. The coating powder according to claim 1 , having a ratio of the number of moles of oxygen (O) per kg of the powder to the number of moles of the rare earth (Ln) per kg of the powder, O/Ln by mole, of 0.03 to 1.1.

5. The coating powder according to claim 1 , wherein the rare earth is yttrium (Y).

6. A method of forming a coating comprising carrying out physical vapor deposition, aerosol deposition, or thermal spraying of the coating powder according to claim 1 .

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the physical vapor deposition is vacuum evaporation or ion plating.

8. A coating material comprising the coating powder according to claim 1 .

9. The coating material according to claim 8 , being in the form of slurry.

10. A method of forming a coating comprising carrying out thermal spraying of the coating material according to claim 9 .

11. A coating material comprising a sintered compact of the coating powder according to claim 1 .

12. The coating material according to claim 11 , being used to form a coating by physical vapor deposition.

13. The coating material according to claim 12 , wherein the physical vapor deposition is vacuum evaporation, ion plating, or sputtering.

14. The coating powder according to claim 1 , having a ratio of the maximum peak intensity (S0) assigned to a rare earth oxide (Ln x O y ) in the 2θ angle range of from 20° to 40° to the maximum peak intensity (S1) assigned to the rare earth oxy fluoride (Ln-O—F) in the same range, S0/S1, of 0.05 or smaller in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu-Kα rays or Cu-Kα 1 rays,

having a BET specific surface area of 1.5 to 8 m 2 /g,

having an aspect ratio of 1.0 to 3.0, and

having a dispersion index of 0.2 to 0.5.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: NIPPON YTTRIUM CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071377/0038 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-024627 · Feb 10, 2015 · national
JP 2015-184844 · Sep 18, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15536886
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