US2926981A - Method of gettering using zirconiumtitanium alloy - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to improved getter materials and more particularly to the use of zirconiumtitanium alloy getters.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a more eflicient getter material.
- Another object is to provide a method of gettering with a more eflicient getter material.
- Titanium and zirconium are known to rank among the best of getter materials but even they have severe limitations. For example, titanium does not continuously .sorb hydrogen, in the gettering of water vapor, unless heated to a temperature so high that the surface oxidation, which inhibits sorption of hydrogen, is continuously sorbed. But at such a temperature, titanium retains only a small amount of hydrogen.
- a further object of the present invention is the provision of a method of gettering with a getter material that sorbs oxygen much better than either titanium or zirconium.
- Still another object is the provision of a getter material that sorbs water vapor much better than either titanium or zirconium.
- getter materials such as titanium in the sorption of oxygen, are efiective at only high temperatures.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a getter material that is effective at relatively low temperatures.
- Fig. 1 is a graph of the oxygen sorption constant of zirconium-titanium alloys at 375' degrees centigrade
- Fig. 2 is a graph of the oxygen sorption constant of several zirconium-titanium alloys over a range of temperatures
- Fig. 3 is a graph of the air sorption constant of some zirconium-titanium alloys over a range of temperatures.
- the ordinate units are micron liters of sorbed oxygen per centimeter squared of getter surface per minute to the one-half power. These units wherein Q is the quantity of gas or vapor sorbed per unit area of getter-surface; K is a constant-called the parabolic rate or sorption constan tthe value of which depends upon, among other things, the particular gasyor vapor and temperature of interest; and r is the time during which sorption occurs.- I The derivative of Equation 1 with respect to time is of gas or vapor sorption: 7'.
- K is a measure or indication of sorption rateand consequently has been selected for the-ordinate .values of the Fig. 1 graph.
- the abscissa units of Fig. 1 are in atomic percent zirconium. -That is, they are the number of atoms of zir conium in the respective alloys, divided by the sum of the number of atoms of titanium and zirconium.
- the graph of Fig. 1 illustrates that most zirconiumtitanium alloys at 375 degrees centigrade have a higher oxygen sorption constant than either titanium or zirconium alone. In the region from 50 to 97 atomic percent zirconium, the sorption constant is especially high. And at approximately 87.5 atomic percent zirconium, the oxygen sorption constant, which is a maximum, is almost 100 times greater than that for substantially pure zirconium and approximately 1,000 times greater than that for substantially pure titanium.
- the lines in Fig. 2 represent the oxygen sorption constants for the indicated zirconium-titanium alloys over a large range of temperatures.
- the solid-line portions are the loci of plotted points, but the dotted portions are only extrapolations from the solid-line portions.
- the extreme right position of the 87.5 atomic percent zirconium line signifies that over the indicated range of temperatures a zirconium titanium alloy of this percentage has a greater oxygen sorption constant than that for any other alloy tested.
- the position of. all of the alloy lines to the right of the zirconium and titanium lines means that all of the tested alloys getter oxygen, for any given sorption constant, at a lower temperature than either titanium or zirconium. This is not to. say that all zirconium-titanium alloys getter better than zirconium for, as is evident from the curve of Fig. 1, alloys of 10 or less atomic percent zirconium do not getter oxygen as well as substantially pure zirconium.
- the oxygen sorption constant curve at any temperature has approximately the shape of Fig. 1 because over the range of illustrated temperatures, an alloy of 87 .5 atomic percent zirconium has a higher sorption constant than any other tested alloy; an alloy of atomic percent zirconium has a higher sorption constant than 62.5 atomic percent zirconium; an alloy of 62.5 atomic percent zirconium has a higher sorption constant than 50 atomic percent zirconium; etc.
- the graph of Fig. 3 is similar to that of Fig. 2 except v that it illustrates the sorption constants of air rather than oxygen. Alloys between 50 and 63 atomic percent zirconium are seen to be very good for sorbing air and the optimum alloy depends upon temperature. As is evident from Fig. 1, this percentage range although not optimum, is also good for the sorbing of oxygen and Water vapor. Thus, if both water vapor and air are to be gettered, the atomic percentage of zirconium should be selected between 50, which is near the optimum for sorbing air, and 87.5 which is near the optimum for the sorption of water vapor.
- getter materials can be used in the conventional manner. That is, they can be placed in the envelope to be evacuated, and either directly heated by a heater coil or the like, or indirectly heated by radiation and/or conduction from other heated components in the envelope.
- the method of removing vapors and gases from an enclosure comprising the steps of: placing in said enclosure a getter consisting essentially of an alloy of to 98 atomic percent zirconium and the bala'nc'e substantially all titanium, and heating said getter.
- the method of removing vapors and gases from an enclosure comprising the steps of: placing in said enclosure a getter consisting essentially of an alloy of to 97 atomic percent zirconium and the balance substantially all titanium, and heating said getter. 3.
- the method of removing vapors and gases from an enclosure comprising the steps of: placing in said enclosure a getter consisting essentially of an alloy of to atomic percent zirconium and the balance substantially all titanium, and heating said getter.
- 4. The method of removing vapors and gases from an enclosure comprising the steps of: placing in said enclosure a getter consisting essentially of an alloy of 87.5 atomic percent zirconium and the balance substantially all titanium and heating said getter.
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US683339A US2926981A (en) | 1957-09-11 | 1957-09-11 | Method of gettering using zirconiumtitanium alloy |
DEG25282A DE1081977B (de) | 1957-09-11 | 1958-09-11 | Getterstoff aus einer Legierung von Zirkon und Titan |
FR1211644D FR1211644A (fr) | 1957-09-11 | 1958-09-11 | Matière pour getter |
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US3408130A (en) * | 1966-01-08 | 1968-10-29 | Philips Corp | Nonevaporative getter |
US3466734A (en) * | 1967-03-16 | 1969-09-16 | Crucible Steel Co America | Metal articles and method |
US3472704A (en) * | 1966-09-21 | 1969-10-14 | Ca Atomic Energy Ltd | Wear resistant member |
JPS4812596B1 (fr) * | 1969-04-03 | 1973-04-21 | ||
US3795432A (en) * | 1972-02-03 | 1974-03-05 | Us Navy | Method for eliminating degradation of crossed-field-amplifier performance |
US4025812A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1977-05-24 | General Electric Company | Alumina ceramic alkali metal lamp having metal getter structure |
US4082834A (en) * | 1973-03-21 | 1978-04-04 | General Electric Company | Process for gettering moisture and reactive gases |
US4153484A (en) * | 1976-01-20 | 1979-05-08 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Hydrogen storage material |
US4200460A (en) * | 1970-09-22 | 1980-04-29 | General Electric Company | Alloys for gettering moisture and reactive gases |
EP0015428A1 (fr) * | 1979-02-15 | 1980-09-17 | Eugene Farrell Hill | Procédé et dispositif pour la séparation de l'hydrogène de fluides |
DE3012968A1 (de) * | 1979-04-06 | 1980-10-30 | Getters Spa | Gettervorrichtung fuer die sorption von wasserstoff |
US4312669A (en) * | 1979-02-05 | 1982-01-26 | Saes Getters S.P.A. | Non-evaporable ternary gettering alloy and method of use for the sorption of water, water vapor and other gases |
US4468235A (en) * | 1979-02-15 | 1984-08-28 | Hill Eugene F | Hydrogen separation using coated titanium alloys |
US4514698A (en) * | 1972-09-05 | 1985-04-30 | Trw Inc. | Chemical laser pump including cryogenic and condensing means |
US4661317A (en) * | 1984-06-28 | 1987-04-28 | Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft | Method for manufacturing a hydrogen-storing alloy |
US4907948A (en) * | 1979-02-05 | 1990-03-13 | Saes Getters S.P.A. | Non-evaporable ternary gettering alloy, particularly for the sorption of water and water vapor in nuclear reactor fuel elements |
US5026521A (en) * | 1989-05-08 | 1991-06-25 | Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. | Zirconium-titanium and/or tantalum oxygen alloy |
US20040051507A1 (en) * | 2000-08-10 | 2004-03-18 | Gabrys Christopher W. | Long-life vacuum system for energy storage flywheels |
US7315115B1 (en) | 2000-10-27 | 2008-01-01 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions |
US20090241639A1 (en) * | 2006-04-25 | 2009-10-01 | Reiner Kirchheim | Method for the Detection of Gaseous Impurities in Materials |
US10583486B2 (en) | 2017-01-04 | 2020-03-10 | Honeywell International Inc. | Hot isostatic pressing apparatus and hot isostatic pressing methods for reducing surface-area chemical degradation on an article of manufacture |
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US3408130A (en) * | 1966-01-08 | 1968-10-29 | Philips Corp | Nonevaporative getter |
US3472704A (en) * | 1966-09-21 | 1969-10-14 | Ca Atomic Energy Ltd | Wear resistant member |
US3466734A (en) * | 1967-03-16 | 1969-09-16 | Crucible Steel Co America | Metal articles and method |
JPS4812596B1 (fr) * | 1969-04-03 | 1973-04-21 | ||
US4200460A (en) * | 1970-09-22 | 1980-04-29 | General Electric Company | Alloys for gettering moisture and reactive gases |
US3795432A (en) * | 1972-02-03 | 1974-03-05 | Us Navy | Method for eliminating degradation of crossed-field-amplifier performance |
US4514698A (en) * | 1972-09-05 | 1985-04-30 | Trw Inc. | Chemical laser pump including cryogenic and condensing means |
US4082834A (en) * | 1973-03-21 | 1978-04-04 | General Electric Company | Process for gettering moisture and reactive gases |
US4025812A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1977-05-24 | General Electric Company | Alumina ceramic alkali metal lamp having metal getter structure |
US4153484A (en) * | 1976-01-20 | 1979-05-08 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Hydrogen storage material |
US4907948A (en) * | 1979-02-05 | 1990-03-13 | Saes Getters S.P.A. | Non-evaporable ternary gettering alloy, particularly for the sorption of water and water vapor in nuclear reactor fuel elements |
US4312669A (en) * | 1979-02-05 | 1982-01-26 | Saes Getters S.P.A. | Non-evaporable ternary gettering alloy and method of use for the sorption of water, water vapor and other gases |
US4468235A (en) * | 1979-02-15 | 1984-08-28 | Hill Eugene F | Hydrogen separation using coated titanium alloys |
EP0015428A1 (fr) * | 1979-02-15 | 1980-09-17 | Eugene Farrell Hill | Procédé et dispositif pour la séparation de l'hydrogène de fluides |
DE3012968A1 (de) * | 1979-04-06 | 1980-10-30 | Getters Spa | Gettervorrichtung fuer die sorption von wasserstoff |
US4661317A (en) * | 1984-06-28 | 1987-04-28 | Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft | Method for manufacturing a hydrogen-storing alloy |
US5026521A (en) * | 1989-05-08 | 1991-06-25 | Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. | Zirconium-titanium and/or tantalum oxygen alloy |
US20040051507A1 (en) * | 2000-08-10 | 2004-03-18 | Gabrys Christopher W. | Long-life vacuum system for energy storage flywheels |
US7053589B2 (en) * | 2000-08-10 | 2006-05-30 | Gabrys Christopher W | Long-life vacuum system for energy storage flywheels |
US7315115B1 (en) | 2000-10-27 | 2008-01-01 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions |
US20090241639A1 (en) * | 2006-04-25 | 2009-10-01 | Reiner Kirchheim | Method for the Detection of Gaseous Impurities in Materials |
US8113035B2 (en) * | 2006-04-25 | 2012-02-14 | Reiner Kirchheim | Method for the detection of gaseous impurities in materials |
US10583486B2 (en) | 2017-01-04 | 2020-03-10 | Honeywell International Inc. | Hot isostatic pressing apparatus and hot isostatic pressing methods for reducing surface-area chemical degradation on an article of manufacture |
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