JPS62224495A - Tungsten electrode material - Google Patents

Tungsten electrode material

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Publication number
JPS62224495A
JPS62224495A JP6687786A JP6687786A JPS62224495A JP S62224495 A JPS62224495 A JP S62224495A JP 6687786 A JP6687786 A JP 6687786A JP 6687786 A JP6687786 A JP 6687786A JP S62224495 A JPS62224495 A JP S62224495A
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tungsten
oxide
lanthanum
electrode
lanthanum oxide
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Inventor
Shiro Muneda
宗田 嗣郎
Fukuhisa Matsuda
松田 福久
Masao Ushio
誠夫 牛尾
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Toho Kinzoku Co Ltd
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Toho Kinzoku Co Ltd
Hokkai Tungsten Industrial Co Ltd
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Priority to JP6687786A priority Critical patent/JPS62224495A/en
Priority to DE19873701212 priority patent/DE3701212A1/en
Publication of JPS62224495A publication Critical patent/JPS62224495A/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K35/00Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
    • B23K35/22Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
    • B23K35/222Non-consumable electrodes

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve consumption resistance and arc firing characteristic by adding a specific amt. of lanthanum oxide to a tungsten electrode such as an electrode for TIG welding. CONSTITUTION:The lanthanum oxide is incorporated at 1.5-2.5% by weight into tungsten. The electrode material consisting of such compsn. is formed as follows: An aq. soln. of a lanthanum compd., for example, lanthanum nitrate, is added and mixed to and with, for example, metallic tungsten powder and the mixture is heated in a hydrogen atmosphere to decompose the added compd. The mixture is then subjected to reduction in gaseous hydrogen flow, by which the powder dispersed with the lanthanum oxide in the metallic tungsten is obtd. A sizable effect is obtd. if the content of the above-mentioned tungsten oxide is about >=0.5% and the effect is much higher if the content is >=1.5%. Accidents such as cracks and failure arise frequently during the production of the electrodes when the content exceeds 2.5%. The above-mentioned lanthanum oxide is not a radioactive material, unlike thorium oxide in the conventional thoriated tungsten and therefore, the control during storage and handling is easy.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 [産業上の利用分野コ この発明は、良好なアーク点弧性と耐消耗性を有するタ
ングステン電極材料に関するものでおる。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a tungsten electrode material having good arc ignition properties and wear resistance.

[従来の技術] Tllll重用電極電極材料には、アーク放電のための
熱的、電気的特性が要求されるが、なかでも特に重要な
ものは熱電子放出特性である。
[Prior Art] Tllll heavy-duty electrode electrode materials are required to have thermal and electrical properties for arc discharge, among which thermionic emission properties are particularly important.

この熱電子放出特性を向上させるため、タングステンに
数パーセントの酸化物を添加することが行なわれてきた
。この添加用酸化物として従来広く使用されてきたのは
酸化トリウム(ThO2)である。
In order to improve this thermionic emission property, several percent of oxides have been added to tungsten. Thorium oxide (ThO2) has been widely used as this additive oxide.

[発明が解決しようとする問題点] 酸化トリウムを添加したいわゆるトリエーテッドタング
ステンは、純タングステン材料に較べて種々の点ですぐ
れているが、耐消耗性およびアーク点弧性の点で未で充
分なものではなく、しかも製造時に原料としてタングス
テン粉末に添加される酸化トリウム粉末や硝酸トリウム
が放射性物質であるため原料の入手が困難でコストが高
くつくとともに、保管や取扱いに厳重な管理が必要であ
るという問題点があった。
[Problems to be solved by the invention] So-called thoriated tungsten added with thorium oxide is superior in various respects to pure tungsten material, but is still unsatisfactory in terms of wear resistance and arc ignition properties. What's more, the thorium oxide powder and thorium nitrate that are added to tungsten powder as raw materials during manufacturing are radioactive substances, making raw materials difficult to obtain and costly, and requiring strict storage and handling controls. There was a problem.

[問題点を解決するための手段] 本発明は、従来のトリエーテッドタングステンの上記問
題点を解決し、これに変わる電極材料を開発すべく種々
研究を重ねた結果完成されたもので、重量比で1.5〜
2.5%の酸化ランタンを含み、残部がタングステンで
あるタングステン電極材料をその要旨としている。
[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention was completed as a result of various studies to solve the above-mentioned problems of conventional thoriated tungsten and to develop an alternative electrode material. 1.5~
The gist is a tungsten electrode material containing 2.5% lanthanum oxide, with the balance being tungsten.

この電極材料は、例えば次のようにして製造される。先
ず原料となる金属タングステン粉末(たとえば平均粒度
2〜3ミクロン)に、ランタン化合物の水溶液を添加混
合し、水素雰囲気中で300〜500″Cで加熱して前
記添加化合物を分解させる。ランタン化合物としては、
硝酸化合物を好適に使用することができる。このように
、添加物を水溶液の形で散布し加熱分解する手法は従来
タングステン、モリブデン等の粉末冶金法においてドー
ピング工程に採用されているものである。
This electrode material is manufactured, for example, as follows. First, an aqueous solution of a lanthanum compound is added to and mixed with metallic tungsten powder (for example, average particle size of 2 to 3 microns) as a raw material, and heated at 300 to 500"C in a hydrogen atmosphere to decompose the added compound. As a lanthanum compound. teeth,
Nitric acid compounds can be suitably used. As described above, the method of dispersing additives in the form of an aqueous solution and thermally decomposing them has been conventionally employed in the doping process in powder metallurgy of tungsten, molybdenum, and the like.

硝酸ランタンが添加されたタングステン粉末は、水素気
流中で900〜1100°Cに加熱して還元を行ない、
金属タングステン中に酸化ランタン(La203)が均
一に分散した粉末が得られる。このようにして得られた
粉末を粉末冶金における常法に従ってプレス成型し焼結
したのち、スェージング、ドローイング等の必要な加工
を施して所望の電極材料とする。
The tungsten powder to which lanthanum nitrate has been added is heated to 900-1100°C in a hydrogen stream to reduce it.
A powder in which lanthanum oxide (La203) is uniformly dispersed in metallic tungsten is obtained. The powder thus obtained is press-molded and sintered according to a conventional method in powder metallurgy, and then subjected to necessary processing such as swaging and drawing to obtain a desired electrode material.

この電極材料は、主成分であるタングステンのほか酸化
ランタンを含んでおり、耐消耗性とアーク点弧性にすぐ
れたものである。酸化ランタン(La203)の含有量
は、1.5〜2.5%(重量%、以下同じ)の範囲とす
るのが好ましい。酸化ランタンの含有量は、0.5%程
度以上であれば耐消耗性やアーク点弧性の点で一応の効
果が得られるが、1.5%以上とすればその効果がより
顕著にあられれる。逆にこれを2.5%より多くしても
2.5%のものと同程度の効果しか認められず、しかも
製造上クラックや折損等の事故が多発してきわめて加工
しにくくなる。
This electrode material contains lanthanum oxide in addition to tungsten, which is the main component, and has excellent wear resistance and arc ignition properties. The content of lanthanum oxide (La203) is preferably in the range of 1.5 to 2.5% (wt%, same hereinafter). If the content of lanthanum oxide is about 0.5% or more, a certain effect can be obtained in terms of wear resistance and arc ignition properties, but if the content is about 1.5% or more, the effect will be more noticeable. It will be done. On the other hand, even if the content is greater than 2.5%, the same effect as 2.5% is obtained, and moreover, accidents such as cracks and breakage occur frequently during manufacturing, making processing extremely difficult.

以下、本発明の実施例について説明する。Examples of the present invention will be described below.

[実施例] 平均粒度3゜5μ、純度99.9%以上のタングステン
粉末に硝酸ランタンの水溶液を散布したのち充分混合し
た。添加する硝酸ランタンの量は、最終製品中の酸化ラ
ンタンの量が0.5%、1.0%、1.5%、2.0%
および2.5%となる旧とした。この混合粉末を水素雰
囲気中で加熱分解して硝酸ランタンを酸化ランタンとし
たのち、900〜1100’Cの温度勾配のある還元炉
を用い水素気流中で1.5時間加熱した。還元後の粉末
はは漬器と篩を通したのち、V形混合機でブレンドした
[Example] An aqueous solution of lanthanum nitrate was sprinkled onto tungsten powder having an average particle size of 3.5 μm and a purity of 99.9% or more, and then thoroughly mixed. The amount of lanthanum nitrate added is 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% of lanthanum oxide in the final product.
and 2.5%. This mixed powder was thermally decomposed in a hydrogen atmosphere to convert lanthanum nitrate into lanthanum oxide, and then heated in a hydrogen stream for 1.5 hours using a reduction furnace with a temperature gradient of 900 to 1100'C. The reduced powder was passed through a pickler and a sieve, and then blended in a V-type mixer.

得られたタングステン(W>−酸化ランタン(La20
3 >粉末を金型中で加圧して角棒状の圧粉体としたの
ち、常法に従って予焼結および通電焼結を行なって重さ
iooogのインゴットとした。
The obtained tungsten (W>-lanthanum oxide (La20
3> The powder was pressed in a mold to form a rectangular bar-shaped green compact, and then pre-sintered and electrically sintered according to a conventional method to form an ingot weighing iooog.

通電焼結における焼結電流は溶断電流の約90%とした
。このインゴットにスェージングとドローイングを施し
て最終的に丸棒状電極とした。
The sintering current in the current sintering was approximately 90% of the fusing current. This ingot was subjected to swaging and drawing to finally form a round rod-shaped electrode.

得られた電極材料について、次に示す試験条件で高周波
TIG溶接テストとアークスタート試験を行なった結果
は第1表に示す通りであった。第1図は試験装置をあら
れすもので直径D= 1.6m、長さ一150#の電極
棒1(先端を45度の角度で円錐状に尖らせた)をTI
G溶接機のトーチに保持し、銅板(水冷)を母材2とし
てアルゴンガス(流量5〜6.1! /min )中で
アークスポット溶接を行なった。アーク長し=3−1電
極長D’=3Mであった。TIG溶接テストは150A
 x 30分の条件で行なって消耗量を秤量し、アーク
スタート試験は設定電流2OAでアーク時間1秒間、休
止時間10秒間の条件で100回の試験を行なった。ア
ークスタート試験結果中NGはアークスタートが生じな
かったことをあられす。
The obtained electrode material was subjected to a high frequency TIG welding test and an arc start test under the following test conditions, and the results are shown in Table 1. Figure 1 shows the test equipment, using an electrode rod 1 (with a conical tip at a 45 degree angle) with a diameter D = 1.6 m and a length of 150#.
The copper plate (water-cooled) was held in the torch of a G welding machine, and arc spot welding was performed in argon gas (flow rate 5 to 6.1!/min) using the copper plate (water-cooled) as the base material 2. Arc length=3-1 electrode length D'=3M. TIG welding test is 150A
x 30 minutes, and the amount of consumption was measured.The arc start test was conducted 100 times under the conditions of a set current of 2OA, an arc time of 1 second, and a rest time of 10 seconds. NG in the arc start test result means that no arc start occurred.

第1表かられかる通り、酸化ランタンを1.5〜2.5
%含有させたものは純タングステン(W>のものに較べ
て耐消耗性、アークスタート性ともにすぐれていること
、およびこれらの中では酸化ランタンを2.0%含有さ
せたものの成績が最も良いことがわかる。
As shown in Table 1, lanthanum oxide is 1.5 to 2.5
The one containing 2.0% lanthanum oxide has better wear resistance and arc startability than pure tungsten (W>), and among these, the one containing 2.0% lanthanum oxide has the best performance. I understand.

第2表は、タングステンに添加する酸化物として本発明
の酸化ランタンの他に酸化トリウム(ThO2)、酸化
ジルコニウム(Zr02)、酸化イツトリウム(Y2O
2)、酸化セリウム(Ce02)を取り上げ、これらを
添加した電極材料の性能を比較した結果をあられす。タ
ングステンに対する酸化物の添加母はいずれも2%であ
った。
Table 2 shows that in addition to the lanthanum oxide of the present invention, thorium oxide (ThO2), zirconium oxide (Zr02), and yttrium oxide (Y2O) are added to tungsten.
2) Taking up cerium oxide (Ce02), we present the results of comparing the performance of electrode materials to which cerium oxide (Ce02) is added. The amount of oxide added to tungsten was 2% in all cases.

第2表中、各性能は順にA、B、C,D、Eの5段階で
評価し、「電極温度」はAが最も低くEが最も高く、「
消耗」はAが最も低くEIfi最も多く、「電極変形」
はAが最も大きくEが最も小さく、「アーク安定性」は
最もAが高くEが最も低いことをそれぞれあられす。第
2表かられかる通り、他の酸化化合物を添加したものに
較べて、酸化ランタンを添加したものは良好な性能を示
した。
In Table 2, each performance is evaluated in 5 stages: A, B, C, D, and E. For "electrode temperature," A is the lowest, E is the highest, and "
"A consumption" is the lowest for A, and the highest for EIfi, and "electrode deformation"
For "Arc stability", A is the highest and E is the lowest, and A is the highest and E is the lowest. As can be seen from Table 2, those to which lanthanum oxide was added showed better performance than those to which other oxidizing compounds were added.

[発明の効果] 以上の説明から明らかなように、本発明にかかるタング
ステン電極材料は、純タングステン電極材料よりもはる
かにすぐれ、従来のトリエーテッドタングステンと同程
度以上のアーク点弧性および耐消耗性を有するものであ
る。しかも、酸化トリウムを使用しないので、取扱いや
管理上の安全性に問題はない。
[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the tungsten electrode material according to the present invention is far superior to pure tungsten electrode material, and has arc ignition properties and wear resistance comparable to or better than conventional thoriated tungsten. It is something that has a nature. Moreover, since thorium oxide is not used, there are no safety problems in handling or management.

なお、以上の説明では主としてTIG溶接用電極材料と
して用いる場合について説明したが、これを放電管、マ
グネトロンその他各種電子管用電極材料として使用する
こともできる。
In the above description, the case where the material is mainly used as an electrode material for TIG welding has been explained, but it can also be used as an electrode material for discharge tubes, magnetrons, and other various electron tubes.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は試験条件をあられす説明図である。 第1図 FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the test conditions. Figure 1

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)重量比で1.5〜2.5%の酸化ランタンを含み
、残部がタングステンであるタングステン電極材料。
(1) A tungsten electrode material containing 1.5 to 2.5% by weight of lanthanum oxide, with the remainder being tungsten.
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