The manufacture method of tantalum powder
The present invention relates to make the method for the Ta powder used in capacitor of high-specific surface area, low impurity content with reducing metal reduction tantalum compound.
The main application of tantalum powder is to be used to manufacture tantalum capacitor.The index of weighing the tantalum capacitor quality mainly contains operating voltage, capacitance, leakage current.These parameters all are to be determined by the performance of tantalum powder and capacitor manufacture technology.Under certain operating voltage, capacitor volume is directly proportional with the specific area of capacitor anode, promptly under certain capacitor manufacture technology condition, the specific area of tantalum powder is big more, and the tantalum capacitor capacity of making is high more, that is to say, the specific area of tantalum powder is big more, and its specific volume is high more; The specific volume of tantalum powder is high more, and the capacitor volume of making certain specification is just more little, and used tantalum powder is also just few more.
The leakage current of capacitor is one of important parameter of weighing its quality, this parameter depends on the chemical purity of tantalum powder to a great extent, particularly the content of O, Fe, Ni, Cr, K and the Na in the tantalum powder is the important assurance of producing the high-quality tantalum capacitor so high-purity tantalum powder is provided.
The sodium reduction potassium floutaramite is an important method of producing the tantalum powder, particularly produces the main method of high specific capacitance tantalum powder.Since inventing with the sodium reduction potassium floutaramite, He Lier Martin produces the tantalum powder to today, existing about 40 years history, and in order to obtain the purity height, the tantalum powder that specific area is big, people have paid many effort, and this has been proposed many improving one's methods.
United States Patent (USP) 4,149, proposed in No. 876 Liquid Sodium is added to the method for producing the tantalum powder in the molten salt bath of the potassium floutaramite of fusion and diluent, this method is by inject sodium fast under lower temperature, so that temperature of charge rises, adopt big diluent ratio, force cooling, under lower temperature, carry out reduction reaction, keep stationary temperature in the grain growth phase, produce particle diameter tantalum powder carefully and uniformly thus, yet there is the lower shortcoming of specific volume in the tantalum powder that this method is produced.
United States Patent (USP) 4,684 discloses the method that a kind of sodium reduction is produced the tantalum powder in No. 399.This method is by earlier diluent being placed reactor, after external heat makes it fusing, then with the compound of tantalum for example potassium floutaramite and sodium metal join several times in the reactor continuously or semi-continuously, stir reduction and make the tantalum powder.
United States Patent (USP) 5,442 discloses a kind of method of sodium reduction of the alkali metal fluosilicate tantalates that at high temperature carries out highly diluted agent ratio in No. 978.This method is to reduce by solid sodium piece is joined in the reactor.The shortcoming of this method is that solid metallic sodium piece joins in the reactor and can not be distributed in the fuse salt equably very soon, and will realize the equipment complexity that this method needs.
In above-mentioned various sodium reduction methods, all be that whole diluents is joined in the reactor in advance, then by external heat fusing, reach reaction temperature after, begin to inject sodium and carry out reduction reaction.Because material is long heat time heating time in reactor, and in heating process, the air that evaporates, moisture and acid gas and reactor, agitator effect generation metal oxide enter and melt in the salt, and then enter in the tantalum powder when sodium reduction, cause the impurity content height of tantalum powder.
In addition, the reaction of sodium reduction potassium floutaramite is a fierce exothermic reaction, and liberated heat should shed as early as possible, just can make material keep certain temperature, makes fine grain, the tantalum powder that specific area is big.And force the method for reactor vessel cooled outer wall can cause temperature of charge inhomogeneous, and low near the temperature of charge of reactor wall, reactor center temperature of charge height.
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved method of making Ta powder used in capacitor with reducing metal reduction tantalum compound.
In order to reach above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, the inventor improves existing method with reducing metal reduction tantalum compound production tantalum powder.According to the present invention, at first will be in reactor after the heat fused as the part of the alkali halide of diluent, compound with tantalum joins in the reactor again, after reaching reduction temperature, when reduce the adding reducing metal, the mixture that adds a part of alkali halide or alkali halide and tantalum compound stirs, and can make the tantalum powder of high-specific surface area, low impurity content thus.
According to the present invention, the reducing metal can be selected from least a in sodium metal, potassium or its alloy; Tantalum compound can be selected from K
2TaF
7Or Na
2TaF
7Or at least a in their mixture; Diluent can be selected at least a in alkali metal salts such as NaCl, KCl, KF or their mixture.
Accompanying drawing 1 is for implementing the reaction unit schematic diagram of the inventive method.
In accompanying drawing 1,11 for annotating the sodium mouth, and 12 are the argon gas inlet, and 13 is two temperature tubes, and 14 is electrothermal furnace, and 15 is reactor, and 16 is reaction mass, and 17 is paddle, and 18 is charge door, and 19 is exhaust outlet.
According to the present invention, first a part of diluent is joined in the reactor 15, found time by exhaust outlet 19 after sealing, Ar gas is entered from entrance 12, discharge from exhaust outlet 19, then make it fusing with heating wire 14 heating, to stirring with agitator 17 more than 800 ℃, tantalum compound is joined in the reactor 15 by charge door 18, continue to add thermal agitation, during 800~1000 ℃ of the reduction temperatures of setting to be reached, adding the liquid reduction metal makes tantalum compound be reduced into the metal tantalum powder, the mixture that adds simultaneously alkali halide diluent or alkali halide and tantalum compound, the amount of the alkali halide that adds during reduction is 10%~40% of diluent total amount, the tantalum compound that adds during reduction is 0~50% of tantalum compound total amount. In the course of reaction, measure the temperature of material with 2 thermocouples 13. According to the present invention, add the liquid reduction metal and also can hocket with the mixture that adds alkali halide or alkali halide and tantalum compound.
According to the present invention, the speed that adds the reducing metal is that 1~25kg/ divides, being preferably 1~15kg/ divides, more preferably 2~10kg/ divides, in reduction, the speed that adds the mixture of diluent or diluent and tantalum compound is that 1~30kg/ divides, and is preferably 1~20kg/ and divides, and more preferably 2~15kg/ divides.
After method reduction reaction of the present invention, can be incubated a period of time again, so that tantalum compound reduces fully, then cool to room temperature, reaction mass peeled off out from reactor and carry out fragmentation, then carry out conventional washing, pickling, diafiltration, oven dry, screening and obtain the tantalum powder, this tantalum powder is called former powder. The former powder that reduction obtains also will carry out the processing of heat groupization.
In order to improve the specific volume of tantalum powder, before sodium reduction or in the sodium reduction process or in the subsequent processes of former powder, can mix, doped chemical can be selected from the simple substance of one or more elements in phosphorus, boron, sulphur, oxygen, nitrogen, the silicon etc. or their compound.
According to the present invention, the compound of tantalum is just to join in the reactor after part diluent fusing, a part of diluent is to add when reaction is carried out, thereby has alleviated material the burn into of reactor has been improved tantalum powder purity.
According to the present invention, add the heat that solid-state diluent absorption reaction emits reaction is carried out fast.Temperature of charge uniformity in the reactor even react, also can obtain the tantalum powder of high specific volume, and tantalum powder degree is even under higher temperature.
Following example is used for the present invention is described in further detail, but the present invention is not constituted any restriction.
Embodiment 1
90 kilograms of KCl and 60 kilograms of KF are packed in the reactor 15, and sealing is found time, and with the displacement of Ar gas, is heated to 860 ℃ in Ar atmosphere then, starts agitator 17 and stirs, with 200 kilograms of K
2TaF
7Be added to the reactor 15 from charge door 19, after treating that temperature is raised to 860 ℃, the speed of sodium metal with 1.0~5.0 thousand Grams Per Minutes is joined the reactor from annotating sodium mouth 11, simultaneously 60 kilograms KCl is added to the reactor from charge door 19 with 1.5~6.0 kilograms/component velocity, make material evenly and react by agitator 17, the speed that adds sodium by control is controlled reaction temperature with the speed that adds diluent KCl, make reaction temperature be controlled at 860~970 ℃, (two electric thermo-couple temperatures differ 2 ℃ at most), reaction back insulation 2 hours, cool to room temperature then, reaction mass is peeled off out, through fragmentation, with deionized water eccysis lixiviating metal from reactor, alkali halide and soluble-salt, pickling then, remove metal impurities, diafiltration then, oven dry is sieved, obtain former powder, physical property and chemical impurity content are listed in table 1, in the table 2.Former powder through processing of routine groupization and deoxidation treatment, obtains Ta powder used in capacitor again, this tantalum powder is carried out the wet type electric property detect, and being pressed into diameter with 0.2 a gram/tantalum powder is 3.0 millimeters cylinder piece, and the density of briquet is 5.5 gram per centimeters
3, then 1450 ℃ of sintering 20 minutes, at 0.1%H
3PO
4Carry out anodic oxidation in the liquid under 80 ℃, 50V voltage kept 2 hours down, and anode block is at 10% H
3PO
4Survey capacity and loss in the solution are surveyed DC leakage current after 2 minutes applying the 35V DC voltage, and the results are shown in Table 3.
Embodiment 2
150 kilograms of KCl are packed in the reactor 15, and sealing is found time, and with the displacement of Ar gas, is heated to 860 ℃ in Ar atmosphere then, stirs and with 200 kilograms of K
2TaF
7Be added in the reactor, after treating that temperature is raised to 860 ℃, the speed of sodium metal with 1.0~5.0 thousand Grams Per Minutes is joined the reactor from advancing sodium mouth 12, simultaneously 60 kilograms NaCl is added in the reactor with the speed of 1.5~6.0 thousand Grams Per Minutes, make material evenly and react by stirring, the control reaction temperature is at 860~965 ℃, obtain former powder by embodiment 1 method, the physical property of former powder and chemical impurity content are listed in table 1, in the table 2, and carry out subsequent treatment by embodiment 1 method, obtain Ta powder used in capacitor and carry out the detection of wet type electrical property by embodiment 1, testing result is listed in the table 3.
Embodiment 3
With 120 kilograms of NaCl sealing in the reactor 10 of packing into, the back of finding time is heated to 860 ℃, then with 150 kilograms of K with the displacement of Ar gas under Ar atmosphere
2TaF
7Join in the reactor and stir, treat that temperature is raised to after 860 ℃, liquid metal sodium is joined in the reactor with 1.0~5.0 kilograms/component velocity, 40 kilograms of K
2TaF
7Divide with the speed of 2.0~8.0 thousand Grams Per Minutes with the mixed salt of 50 kilograms of NaCl and alternately to join in the reactor with sodium metal 6 times, reduction temperature is controlled between 860~970 ℃, obtain former powder by embodiment 1 method, its physical property and chemical impurity content are listed in table 1, the table 2, and carry out subsequent treatment by embodiment 1 method, obtain Ta powder used in capacitor and carry out the wet type detection by embodiment 1, the results are shown in Table 3.
Comparative example 1
Press United States Patent (USP) 4,684,399 methods are packed 150 kilograms of KCl and 60 kilograms of KF in the reactor into, are heated to 730 ℃ and make material melting, then with 200 kilograms of K
2TaF
7Divide 10 times, each 10 kilograms join in the reactor, add K at every turn
2TaF
7After, inject about 3.24 kilograms of liquid metal sodiums, reaction temperature is controlled at 750~800 ℃, be warmed up to 860 ℃ after having reacted, cool to room temperature then obtains former powder according to come out of the stove material stripping and washing pickling of embodiment 1, the physical property of former powder and chemical impurity content are listed in table 1, the table 2, and carry out subsequent treatment by embodiment 1 method, and the tantalum powder that obtains carries out electrical detection by embodiment 1, and the results are shown in Table 3.
Comparative example 2
Press United States Patent (USP) 4,149, disclosed method in 876 is with 200 kilograms of K
2TaF
7Pack in the reactor with 150 kilograms of KCl and 60Kg KF, the back of finding time is with the displacement of Ar gas, under Ar atmosphere, be raised to 900 ℃ after the heat fused, annotate sodium and make the generation reduction reaction, react and then obtain former powder, record its physical property and chemical impurity content is listed in table 1, table 2 by embodiment 1 method; And carry out subsequent treatment by embodiment 1, and obtain Ta powder used in capacitor and carry out wet type by embodiment 1 and detect, the results are shown in Table 3.
The physical property of table 1 tantalum powder
| Sequence number | Average grain diameter μ m | Apparent density g/cm
3 | Specific area (BET) M
2/g
|
| Embodiment 1 | 0.70 | 0.82 | 1.15 |
| Embodiment 2 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 1.10 |
| Embodiment 3 | 0.68 | 0.78 | 1.13 |
| Comparative example 1 | 0.86 | 0.76 | 0.98 |
| Comparative example 2 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 0.89 |
The chemical impurity content (10-6) of table 2 tantalum powder
| | O | Fe | Ni | Cr | Mg | K | Na |
| Embodiment 1 | 2030 | 10 | 5 | <5 | <5 | 6 | 3 |
| Embodiment 2 | 1980 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Embodiment 3 | 2050 | 20 | 6 | 5 | <5 | 6 | 3 |
| Comparative example 1 | 2200 | 15 | 5 | <5 | <5 | 15 | 8 |
| Comparative example 2 | 2000 | 30 | 10 | 8 | <5 | 13 | 5 |
Annotate: wherein O, Mg, K, Na content are the data through the tantalum powder of subsequent treatment.
The electric property of table 3 tantalum powder
| | Agglomerate shrinkage factor (%) | Specific volume | DC leakage current |
| Radially | Volume | (μF.V/g) | (μA/μF.V) |
| Embodiment 1 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 35210 | 2.8×10
-4 |
| Embodiment 2 | 5.3 | 12.3 | 34980 | 2.0×10
-4 |
| Embodiment 3 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 35610 | 2.7×10
-4 |
| Comparative example 1 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 33060 | 3.6×10
-4 |
| Comparative example 2 | 4.9 | 10.8 | 29500 | 2.9×10
-4 |
From the result of table 1, table 2 and table 3 as can be seen, the tantalum powder produced than prior art of the tantalum powder of producing by the present invention has lower chemical impurity content and electric property preferably.