US20040149356A1 - Oxygen-enriched niobium wire - Google Patents

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US20040149356A1
US20040149356A1 US10/759,692 US75969204A US2004149356A1 US 20040149356 A1 US20040149356 A1 US 20040149356A1 US 75969204 A US75969204 A US 75969204A US 2004149356 A1 US2004149356 A1 US 2004149356A1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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    • C22C27/00—Alloys based on rhenium or a refractory metal not mentioned in groups C22C14/00 or C22C16/00
    • C22C27/02—Alloys based on vanadium, niobium, or tantalum
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    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C8/00—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
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    • C23C8/08—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases only one element being applied
    • C23C8/10—Oxidising

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  • the invention concerns a novel niobium wire, a process for producing it, and its use for connection to niobium or niobium oxide capacitors.
  • Wires made of refractory metals are used for the electrical connection of metal powder capacitors. Tantalum wires are generally used for this purpose. This has the disadvantage of a relatively high sintering temperature. As a result, the surface of the powder anode cannot be completely used, because the powder partially sinters together. Furthermore, the use of tantalum wires with niobium and niobium oxide capacitors results in non-recyclable waste. Moreover, the price of tantalum is subject to considerable speculation, so that the costs for the raw material are difficult to calculate and control.
  • Niobium wires have already been recommended for the connection of powder anodes.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,358,625 B1 describes anode wires made of niobium or tantalum, which, to improve adhesion, are treated with oxygen in such a way that surface enrichment on the order of 35 atom % in a thickness of about 50 nm is obtained.
  • Niobium and tantalum wires normally contain only small amounts of oxygen. Oxygen concentrations of 50-300 ⁇ g/g are specified for tantalum. The surface enrichment does not affect the general properties, such as conductivity, but increases adhesion. Sintering temperatures around 1,250° C. are specified.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide thermally stable niobium wires in the range of 1,200 to 1,400° C.
  • niobium wire that is highly enriched with oxygen.
  • the oxygen concentration is preferably about 3,000 to 30,000 ⁇ g/g.
  • the wires are suitable for connection especially to niobium or niobium oxide capacitors.
  • the production process involves loading the niobium with oxygen by diffusion processes at elevated temperatures of preferably 600 to about 800° C. and pressures below 5 mbars. This is usually done in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, e.g., in pure oxygen or oxygen-containing gas mixtures, such as air.
  • the alloy can be worked at room temperature into wire 0.2-0.4 mm in diameter.
  • the wires are preferably used as lead wires in niobium or niobium oxide capacitors.
  • Capacitors of this type are produced from metallic niobium powder in the same way that tantalum capacitors are produced. After sintering (together with the wire), the metallic niobium is “formed,” i.e., anodically oxidized, on the surface to form an extremely thin dielectric Nb 2 O 5 layer.
  • Niobium in the form of prewire is loaded with oxygen at temperatures of 600-800° C. and pressures below 5 mbars in such a way that, as a result of the simultaneously occurring diffusion processes, oxygen enrichment occurs with respect to the (wire) bulk. This results in a niobium alloy with oxygen concentrations of 3,000 to 30,000 ⁇ g/g. The niobium alloy produced in this way is drawn into wires 0.2-0.4 mm in diameter at room temperature.

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