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• the invention relates generally to capacitor lead wires, more particularly to niobium lead wires usable with anode compacts of tantalum or niobium.
• the invention includes niobium powder metallurgy derived lead wires of niobium doped with silicon, preferably having improved strength and hardness without significant detriment to electrical leakage rating of the wire.
• Niobium and niobium alloy lead wires with melt source derivation have been used as capacitor lead wires.
• Pure niobium wires of melt process origin have low electrical leakage at sintering temperatures of 1150°C and above.
• the wires are limited in tensile strength and hardness, which make them difficult to work with; this results in low production through put when bonding the wires to the capacitor anode compacts and/or in the course of sintering the compact or prolysis of solid electrolyte with the lead wire attached.
• Niobium alloys, such as niobium- zirconium have better tensile strength then pure niobium wires of melt process origin and acceptable electrical leakage above 1150°C. However above 1050°C zirconium diffuses off the wire and contaminates the anode, making it unacceptable as a capacitor lead wire.
• the invention relates to a process for making a capacitor grade silicone-doped niobium lead wire comprising (a) forming a low oxygen niobium powder by hydriding a niobium ingot or a niobium bar and grinding or milling the ingot or the bar, and thereby making a powder having a Fisher Average Particle Diameter particle size range of less than about 150 microns, (b) dehyriding the powder, and optionally deoxidizing the powder, forming a low oxygen niobium powder, (c) blending the low oxygen niobium powder with a silicon additive powder and compacting the powder by cold isostatic pressing to a bar; (d) thermomechanically processing the bar into a rod, and (e) subjecting the rod to a combination
• the present invention includes a niobium wire made from powder metallurgy (P/M), containing a silicon additive of less than about 600 ppm.
• P/M powder metallurgy
• the amount of silicon ranges from about 150 to about 600 ppm.
• the amount of silicon ranges from about 150 to 300 ppm.
• the invention imparts a controlled, higher mechanical tensile strength in the niobium wire at finish diameter that exceeds capacitor-grade wire formed from niobium and niobium-zirconium alloys derived directly from ingot metallurgy (l/M).
• the P/M source niobium has oxygen content below 400 ppm, even when silicon is added in an oxide form.
• the P/M derived niobium, and niobium-silicon wires also have increased hardness that exceeds hardness of capacitor-grade wire of l/M niobium and niobium-zirconium wires and electrical leakage within current specifications at sinter temperatures of about 1150°C and above, or about 1250 and above.
• the P/M source material if sintered at well below about 1150°C or 1250 °C and above, and/or attached to anode compacts sintered below about 1150°C or below 1250 °C would have higher leakage. But at about 1150°C or 1250°C and above, the differences become minimal.
• Fig. 1 is a chart of the ultimate tensile strength as a function of wire diameter of select niobium and niobium alloy wire of the present invention derived from powder metallurgy compared to niobium and niobium alloy wire derived from ingot metallurgy;
• Fig. 2 is a chart of electrical DC leakage as a function of sintering temperature of select niobium and niobium alloy wire of the present invention derived from powder metallurgy compared to niobium and niobium alloy wire derived from ingot metallurgy;
• Fig 3A-3F are side and front views of examples of capacitor lead wires bonded to anode compacts.
• Fig. 4 is a chart of electrical DC leakage as a function of sintering temperature of select niobium and niobium alloy wire of the present invention derived from powder metallurgy compared to niobium and niobium alloy wire derived from ingot metallurgy.
• Niobium powders are formed by hydriding an ingot or bar of niobium and grinding or otherwise milling the ingot or bar to create a powder at a size range of less than 150 microns FAPD (Fisher Average Particle Diameter), dehyriding and deoxidating.
• FAPD Fisher Average Particle Diameter
• the hydride-grind process as disclosed in U.S. 3,295,951 of Fincham et al and the deoxidation (with a combined dehydriding deoxidation) is described in U.S. Patent 6,261 ,337 of Kumar, incorporated herein by reference in their entirety, both said patents are of common assignment with this application and Mr. Kumar as a joint inventor of the present invention.
• the niobium powder preferably is attained with an oxygen level below 400 ppm, preferably below 200 ppm.
• a silicon additive powder is blended with the low oxygen niobium powder, compacted by cold isostatic pressing (at up to 60 KSI) to a preform billet for extrusion or sinter bar preferably yeilding a bar approximately 1.3 inches diameter.
• the bar is thermomechanically processed to a rod.
• the rod is then rolled (or swaged) and cold drawn, typically with a schedule of reductions and intermediate anneals as follows:
• the rod can be rolled (or swaged) and cold drawn, typically with a schedule of reductions and intermediate anneals as follows:
• the diameter of the wire made in accordance to the invention can range from about 0.005 inches to about 0.1 inches.
• the wire of the present invention can contain other additional ingredients such as other metals or ingredients typically added to niobium metal, such as tantalum, zirconium, titanium, or mixtures thereof. The types and amounts of these additional ingredients can be the same as those used with conventional niobium and would be known to those skilled in the art. TABLE 1 below lists the chemistry of the specimens used in certain Experiments 1-5 of silicon doped niobium wire of powder metallurgy origin as reduced to 0.5 inch diameter and 0.103 inch diameter.
• Wires were prepared from the silicon master blends presented in Experiments 1-5 of TABLE 1 , and sample were taken at various size milestones and tested for tensile strength and hardness (Rockwell hardness B scale, HRB). l/M derived niobium-zirconium wires (prior art) were also tested similarly.
• the niobium-silicon wire had a much higher tensile strength and hardness than the niobium-zirconium wire at about 0.050 inches diameter and below.
• Figs. 3A-3F Side and front views of examples of niobium-silicon capacitor lead wires of the present invention bonded to anode compacts are illustrated in Figs. 3A-3F.
• Figs. 3A and 3B illustrate a niobium-silicon capacitor lead wire 10 butt welded to an anode compact 12.
• Figs. 3C and 3D illustrate a niobium-silicon capacitor lead wire 10 imbedded for a length 14 within compact 12.
• Figs. 3E and 3F illustrated yet another attachment technique of welding the lead wire 10 to the top 16 of the compact 12.
• the lead wire 10 of any of Figs. 3A-3F and/or the compact 12 of any such figures can be circular or flat (ribbon form) or other shapes.

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