Elemental material and alloy

Abstract

A Ti powder is made b y the subsurface reduction of TiCl 4 by a stream of liquid of sodium in excess of stoichiometric sufficient to maintain substantially all the reactive products below the sintering temperatures thereof followed by distillation to produce a powder with a packing fraction in the range of from about 4% to about 11%. Also disclosed is a solid product made from the Ti powder.

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         63 . A Ti powder made by the subsurface reduction of TiCl 4  by a stream of liquid of sodium in excess of stoichiometric sufficient to maintain substantially all the reactive products below the sintering temperatures thereof followed by distillation, whereby the packing fraction of the powder is in the range of from about 4% to about 11%. 
     
     
         64 . A solid product made from the Ti powder of  claim 63 . 
     
     
         65 . An agglomerated Ti powder substantially all of which has a SEM substantially as disclosed in one or more of  FIGS. 5 to 15 , wherein the packing fraction of the powder is in the range of from about 4% to about 11%. 
     
     
         66 . A solid product made from the Ti powder of  claim 65 , and containing Ti.