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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a process for the production of vent metal powders having a high specific surface area from the corresponding oxides by means of gaseous reducing metals and / or metal hydrides, and furthermore to a process for the production of tantalum powders which is suitable as anode material for electrolytic capacitors of high specific capacity.
• the process is based on the reduction of vent metal oxide powders by means of steam-reducing metals such as AikaJimetalle, Aluininiiim, magnesium, calcium, barium and / or lanthanum, and / or their hydrides, especially magnesium.
• steam-reducing metals such as AikaJimetalle, Aluininiiim, magnesium, calcium, barium and / or lanthanum, and / or their hydrides, especially magnesium.
• oxides of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum and or tungsten, preferably of niobium and / or tantalum, are used as valve metal oxides
• Such a method is known from WO 00/67936 A1.
• finely divided, partially silvered tantalum pentoxide which forms a porous bed on a network of tantalum wire, is added by means of magnesium vapor which is generated below the network by heating magnesium chips 900 to 1000 ° C reduced to metal under argon protective gas.
• the reduction time is between 2 to 12 levels.
• valve metal powders with a very dense primary structure and a large specific surface area are obtained in the first reduction stage, the oxygen content of which does not exceed the required surface passivation oxygen against combustion of 3000 ⁇ g m 2 if the reduction of the valve metal oxide, in particular tantalum pentoxide, at low vapor pressure of the reducing metal or metal hydride and low carrier gas pressure and thus also a low total pressure in the reaction space.
• the present invention accordingly relates to a process for the production of valve metal powders by reducing corresponding valve metal oxide powders by means of vaporous reducing metals such as alkali metals, aluminum, magnesium, calcium, barium and / or
• Lanthanum and or its hydrides which is characterized in that the reduction is carried out at a vapor partial pressure of the reducing metal / metal hydride of 5 to 110 hPa and the total thickness in the reaction space during the whole or part of the reduction period is less than 1000 hPa.
• the vapor pressure of the reducing metal is preferably less than 80 hPa, particularly preferably between 8 and 50 hPa.
• Magnesium and or magnesium hydride are preferably used as the reducing metal.
• the partial pressure of the carrier gas preferably being 50 to 800 hPa, more preferably less than 600 hPa, particularly preferably 100 to 500 hPa.
• Inert gases such as helium, neon, argon or mixtures thereof are suitable as the inert carrier gas. Small additions of hydrogen can be advantageous.
• the carrier gas is preferably preheated to the reactor temperature before or during the introduction into the reactor, so that steam condensation of the reducing metal is avoided.
• the total pressure in the reaction space is made up of the vapor pressure of the reducing metal / metal hydride and the partial pressure of the inert carrier gas and, according to the constitution, is at least temporarily below 1000 hPa (1 bar) during the reduction.
• the total pressure is below 1000 hPa during at least half of the reduction period, preferably during at least 60% of the reduction period.
• the total pressure during the reduction is preferably at least temporarily between 55 and 910 hPa, particularly preferably between 105 and 610 hPa
• the reactor temperature is maintained at or slightly above the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the reducing metal is established, but at least at a temperature at which the reduction is still proceeding sufficiently quickly.
• the reactor temperature is preferably 680 to 880 ° C, preferably less than 850 ° C, particularly preferably 690 to 800 ° C and more preferably less than 760 ° C.
• the invention is preferably used for the production of niobium or tantalum powder, in particular for the redulation of tantalum pentoxide powder to tantalum powder or niobium pentoxide powder to niobium powder.
• the present invention accordingly also relates to a process for the preparation of tantalum powder by reducting tantalum pentoxide by means of vaporous reducing metals such as alkali metals, aluminum, magnesium, calcium, barium and / or lanthanum and / or their hydrides, in particular magnesium, preferably under an inert carrier gas , which is characterized in that the reduction is carried out at a vapor partial pressure of the reducing metal / metal hydride of 5 to 110 hPa and the total pressure in the reaction space during the whole or part of the reduction period is less than 1000 hPa.
• vaporous reducing metals such as alkali metals, aluminum, magnesium, calcium, barium and / or lanthanum and / or their hydrides, in particular magnesium, preferably under an inert carrier gas , which is characterized in that the reduction is carried out at a vapor partial pressure of the reducing metal / metal hydride of 5 to 110 hPa and the total pressure in the reaction space during the
• the reduction and the generation of the vapor of the reducing metal are preferably carried out in a uniform reactor, so that the reactor temperature also determines the vapor pressure of the reducing metal.
• the tantalum pentoxide powder used is preferably a porous, sponge-like powder with a particle size distribution of D10: 3 to 25 ⁇ r ⁇ , D50: 15 to 80 ⁇ and D90: 50 to 280 ⁇ and one according to ASTM D 3663 determined according to ASTM B 822 (Malvern MasterSizer S ⁇ device) Surface (BET) of 0.05 to 0.5 m 2 / g used.
• the metal powder obtained is passivated by oxidation of the powder particle surface by controlled gradual introduction of oxygen into the reactor after cooling to a temperature below 100 ° C. and washing out of the oxide of the reducing metal formed by means of acids and water.
• Tantalum powders with specific surfaces of 6 to 15 m 2 / g, preferably 8 to 14 m 2 / g, are essentially retained while maintaining the particle size distribution of the starting oxide already have excellent mechanical stability of the particles.
• the oxygen content of the tantalum powder after passivation is approx. 3000 ⁇ g / m 2 .
• the invention makes it possible to lower the reduction temperature to 680 to 880 ° C. without significantly increasing the reduction time.
• tantalum or niobium oxide agglomerate powders with primary particle sizes (diameter for spherical primary particles, smallest dimension for non-spherical primary particles) of 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m, reduction times between 6 and 12 hours, preferably up to 9 hours, are sufficient.
• the lower reaction temperature means a not inconsiderable saving in energy and the protection of the process equipment required for the reduction.
• the vapor partial pressure of the reducing metal is preferably increased gradually during the reduction in order to compensate for the reduction rate and exogenesis which decrease due to the decreasing oxygen content of the valve metal powder used.
• the temperature determining the vapor pressure can be increased in the range from 700 to 750 ° C. at the start of the redulction and until the end of the reduction to a temperature in the range from 750 to 850 ° C.
• the temperature is preferably increased by a difference of 50 to 100 ° C.
• the process can be carried out with stationary gas pressure, i.e. in a closed reactor which contains the amount of inert carrier gas required for the gas partial pressure at working temperature.
• the inert carrier gas flows through the reactor and the porous bed of the oxide to be reduced. This can be done by continuously or intermittently removing inert carrier gas at one point of the reactor and continuously or intermittently inerting carrier gas at one point via a corresponding pressure regulating valve, and supplying the reactor with the vaporization source of the reducing agent that is locally separated from the bed of the oxide to be reduced
• Metal or metal hydride is arranged upstream with respect to the direction of flow of the inert carrier gas through the oxide bed.
• the final pressure is 50 to 250 hPa, particularly preferably 50 to 150 hPa.
• the gas pressure can be increased above normal pressure at the beginning of the reaction, so that the initial diffusion rate of the metal or hydride vapor is reduced in accordance with the still high oxygen content of the oxide. This prevents an initial heating of the oxide powder by exothermic.
• the pressure of the inert carrier gas can be between 1000 and 2000 hPa, preferably up to 1500 hPa.
• the partial pressure preferably oscillating around an average pressure of 50 to 500 hPa with an amplitude of 100 to 150 hPa.
• the oscillation frequency can advantageously be 20 to 300 s, particularly preferably 30 to 120 s.
• the tantalum powders with a large specific surface area obtained according to the invention are for the production of electrolytic capacitors with specific capacities in the range from 200,000 to 300,000 ⁇ FV / g in a manner known per se by deoxidizing primary structure coarsening, pressing to anode structures, sintering the anode structures to anode bodies, forming and attaching the counterelectrode , suitable.
• the tantalum powders obtained are outstandingly suitable for the production of capacitors with specific capacities in the range from 60,000 to 160,000 ⁇ FV / g, if they coarsen the primary structure by at least a factor of 2.5, preferably by at least a factor of 3 , particularly preferably by a factor of 4 to 6, are subjected, ie the specific surface area is reduced by a factor of 2.5 or 3, preferably by a factor of 4 to 6.
• the primary structure coarsening is carried out by mixing the tantalum powder with magnesium stoichiometric amounts with respect to the oxygen content of the powder and heating under inert gas ,
• tantalum powders with a specific surface area of 0.9 to 6 m 2 / g, preferably from 0.9 to 4 m 2 / g, are obtained, which consist of agglomerates of primary structures with an average smallest dimension of 0.15 to 0.8 ⁇ m exist, whereby the agglomerate particles have excellent stability, which is attributed to stable sintered bridges between the primary particles.
• the tantalum powders according to the invention with coarsened primary structure preferably consist of agglomerates with a particle size distribution with a DIO value of 5 to 30 ⁇ m, a D50 value of 20 to 100 ⁇ m and a D90 value of 40 to 250 ⁇ m according to ASTM B 822 (Malvem device MasterSizer S ⁇ ), whereby the particle size distribution essentially corresponds to the particle size distribution of the oxide-reduced tantalum powder.
• ASTM B 822 Malvem device MasterSizer S ⁇
• the powder agglomerates have high agglomerate stability with respect to ultrasound treatment, measured as the quotient of the D50 value according to ASTM B 822 (Malvern Mastersizer device) and the D50 value after " ultrasound treatment (D50us value)".
• the invention accordingly also relates to tantalum powder with a stability to ultrasound treatment, which are characterized by a quotient D50 / D50us of less than 2, preferably less than 1.5.
• a quotient D50 / D50us of less than 2, preferably less than 1.5.
• the invention also relates to the process for the preparation of such tantalum powders with high agglomeration stability, which is characterized in that in a first stage tantalum pentoxide is reduced to the tantalum metal by means of vaporous reducing metals at a vapor partial pressure of 5 to 110 hPa, the powder after cooling ized, is freed from adhering oxide of the reducing metal, and then is coarsened by mixing with magnesium and heating to 680 to 850 ° C with respect to its primary structure.
• the individual particles of the powder are highly porous. It can be seen from SEM images that the particles consist of heavily sintered agglomerates of approximately spherical primary particles with an average diameter of 2.4 ⁇ m. 2 shows an SEM image "of friendshippentoxides.
• the starting tantalum pentoxide is placed on a braid of tantalum wire in a reactor lined with tantalum sheet above a crucible which contains 1.1 times the stoichiometric amount (based on the oxygen content of the pentoxide) of magnesium.
• the reactor is heated by an oven. Below the crucible containing magnesium there is a gas / gas heater on the reactor and a gas extraction opening above the tantalum pentoxide bed.
• the internal gas pressure of the furnace can be measured via a branch line penetrating the furnace wall.
• Argon is used as the protective gas and slowly flows through the furnace.
• the reactor is flushed with argon. Before the reduction temperature is reached, the argon pressure is set for the reduction. After completion of the reaction and cooling of the reactor, air is gradually added to the reactor to passivate the metal powder against burning.
• the magnesium oxide formed is removed by washing with sulfuric acid and then demineralized water until neutral.
• Table 1 shows the reduction conditions and properties of the powders of Examples 1 to 16 obtained after cooling and passivation.
• the values "Mastersizer D 10, D50 -D90" are according to ASTM.B-.822_b.estir_mt.Jn der_rechte..Spaltejst -.feme ⁇ Tantalum given in relation to the specific surface, ie the quotient of the oxygen content in ppm and the specific surface measured according to BET A superficial oxygen content of about 3000 ppm / (m / g) is required, since otherwise the tantalum powder is pyrophoric and would burn off in contact with the ambient air.
• Examples 1 to 9 were carried out at essentially constant argon pressure and constant reactor temperature.
• the realctor temperature also defines the magnesium vapor partial pressure: 8 hPa at 700 ° C, 19 hPa at 750 ° C, 29 hPa at 780 ° C. 39 hPa at 800 ° C, 68 hPa at 840 ° C, 110 hPa at 880 ° C.
• FIG. 3 shows a SEM picture of the product according to Example 9.
• FIG. 4 shows a SEM picture of the product according to Example 3.
• Example 10 to 13 the reduction was carried out essentially at a constant reactor temperature of 700, 750, 800 and 850 ° C., however, the reaction was first carried out for 1.5 hours at a high argon pressure of 1.5 atmospheres and then for 4.5 hours at 850 hPa reduced to 100 hPa decreasing argon pressure.
• the course of pressure and temperature are shown in FIG. 1.
• the high pressure at the beginning of the reduction causes the reduction rate to slow down at the start of the exothermic reaction, so that the reduction rate is evened out overall.
• Examples 14 to 16 were substantially uniformly or at over 7 hours from 700 to 780 D C .. performed 720 increasing to 800 ° C and 730 to 800 ° C temperature.
• the primary grain size was approximately retained in all samples, as was the grain size distribution, which can be seen from the Mastersizer DIO, D50 and D90 values. However, a specific surface area was obtained which was dependent on the vapor partial pressure of the reducing metal.
• the oxygen content of all samples was essentially around 3000 ⁇ g / m 2 (ppm / (m 2 / g)) surface, ie the oxygen content hardly exceeded the necessary oxygen content so that the powders did not burn off in contact with the ambient air.
• the samples were then subjected to a standardized treatment in an ultrasonic bath, whereby weak sinter bridges of the agglomerates were destroyed.
• the determination of the grain size distribution after the ultrasound treatment gave the DlOus, D50rjs and D90os values also given in the table.
• the D50 / D50os ratio can be seen as a relative measure of the stability of the sintered bridges produced during the reduction. It can be seen that the sintered bridges are evidently the more stable after the reduction, the lower the temperature, the reduction was carried out.
• Pressed bodies measuring 3 mm in diameter and 3.96 mm in length were produced from the powders with a press density of 5.0 g / cm 3 , a tantalum wire of 0.2 mm thickness being inserted as a contact wire into the press die before the powders were introduced.
• the pies were sintered at 1210 ° C in a high vacuum for 10 minutes.
• the anode bodies were immersed in 0.1% phosphoric acid and formed up to a forming voltage of 16 V at a current strength limited to 150 mA. After the current dropped, the voltage was maintained for an hour. A cathode made of 18% sulfuric acid was used to measure the capacitor properties. It was measured with an alternating energy saving of 120 Hz

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