IP Library Granted Patent US 11,970,396
Granted Patent B2
US 11,970,396 · App. 16/976,041 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Negative thermal expansion material, composite material, and method for producing negative thermal expansion material

Inventors: Toshihiro Isobe (Tokyo, JP); Yuko Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Yuri Adachi (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Uehara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
C01B25/45C01P2006/32
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Patent No.
US 11,970,396
App. No.
16/976,041
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative thermal expansion material having a negative thermal expansion coefficient according to the present invention is represented by Zr 2−a M a S x P 2 O 12+δ , where M is at least one selected from Ti, Ce, Sn, Mn, Hf, Ir, Pb, Pd, and Cr; a is 0≤a<2; x is 0.4≤x≤1; and δ is a value defined as to satisfy a charge neutral condition. The present invention makes it possible to provide a negative thermal expansion material, a composite material and a method for producing a negative thermal expansion material that can realize reduction in cost and density reduction.

Claims (16)

1. A negative thermal expansion material having a negative thermal expansion coefficient and represented by Zr 2−a M a S x P 2 O 12+δ , wherein M is Sn; a is 0<a≤1; x is 0.4≤x≤1; and δ is a value defined so as to satisfy a charge neutral condition.

2. The negative thermal expansion material according to claim 1 , wherein x is 0.4≤x≤0.48.

3. A composite material comprising the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 2 and a metal material having a positive thermal expansion coefficient.

4. A composite material comprising the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 1 and a material having a positive thermal expansion coefficient.

5. A negative thermal expansion material having a negative thermal expansion coefficient and represented by Zr 2−a M a S x P 2 O 12+δ where M is at least one selected from Ti, Ce, Sn, Mn, Hf, Ir, Pb, Pd and Cr; a is 0≤a<2; x is 0.4≤x≤1; and δ is a value defined so as to satisfy a charge neutral condition, wherein part of S site is substituted by Mo or W.

6. A negative thermal expansion material comprising:

a composite material represented by Zr 2−a M a S x P 2 O 12+δ where M is at least one selected from Ti, Ce, Sn, and Mn; a is 0≤a≤2; x is 0.48≤x≤0.9 and δ is a value defined so as to satisfy a charge neutral condition,

wherein the composite material has a negative thermal expansion coefficient.

7. The negative thermal expansion material according to claim 6 , wherein an absolute value of volume expansion coefficient of the negative thermal expansion material at a temperature of 100 to 180° C. is larger than an absolute value of volume expansion coefficient of the negative thermal expansion material at a temperature of larger than 180° C.

8. A composite material comprising the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 6 and a resin material having a positive thermal expansion coefficient.

9. A method for producing the negative thermal expansion material of claim 8 , comprising:

a step of hydrothermally treating a mixture containing zirconium oxychloride octahydrate, ammonium phosphate, sulfuric acid and an additive containing element M at a temperature of 130° C. or more, and

a step of baking the mixture hydrothermally treated, at a temperature of 450° C. or more to form the negative thermal expansion material.

10. The method for producing the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 9 , wherein the value of x is controlled by controlling a temperature for baking the mixture hydrothermally treated.

11. The method for producing the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 9 , wherein the temperature for the hydrothermal treatment is 180° C. or more.

12. The method for producing the negative thermal expansion material according to claim 9 , wherein the temperature for baking the mixture hydrothermally treated is 450° C. or more to 900° C. or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED
To: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075357/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: ISOBE, TOSHIHIRO; HAYAKAWA, YUKO; ADACHI, YURI; UEHARA, RYOSUKE
To: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053608/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-032930 · Feb 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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