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3,842,012 United States Patent Office Patented Oct. 15, 1974 2 rides of alkali and alkaline earth metals and of borax. 3,842,012 U.S. Patent Specification 3,368,980 describes the use of METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OXDE OF alkaline earth halides together with SiO2. Netherlands YTTRUMAND/ORLANTHANUMAND/OR THE Patent Application 7016705 describes a method of manu LANTHANDES Johannes Josephus Marie Hoppenbrouwers, Emmasingel, facturing gadolinium oxide crystals in which gadolinium Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignor to U.S. Philips Cor may be entirely or partly replaced by yttrium and in which poration, New York, N.Y. lithium oxide or compounds which produce lithium oxide No Drawing. Filed Dec. 14, 1972, Ser. No. 314,942 upon heating are used as a melting salt. Claims priority, application Netherlands, Dec. 27, 1971, It has been found that when using the said melting salts 7117857 O the formation reaction of the oxide is accelerated, but int. C. C09k 1/10 that a favourable influence on the crystallinity and crystal U.S. C. 252-301.4 R 7 Claims shape is obtained to a limited extent only. Furthermore a drawback of the known melting salts is that they can be ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE used to a limited extent only. It has been found that, for 5 example lithium oxide is less suitable as a melting salt In a method of manufacturing an oxide of at least one for the manufacture of yttrium oxide crystals because of the elements yttrium, lanthanum and the lanthanides lithium yttrate may be formed. the starting material is a mixture of oxides of at least one The object of the invention is to provide a method of of the said elements and between 0.1 and 2 mol of oxide manufacturing the oxides of yttrium and/or lanthanum of one or more of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, 20 and/or the lanthanides in which the above-mentioned rubidium and cesium per mol of the said oxides. The mix drawbacks do not occur and in which very satisfactorily ture is heated at a temperature of between 1000 and crystallized oxide grains are obtained. 1400° C. According to the invention a method of manufacturing Satisfactorily crystallized coarse-grained oxides, par an oxide of at least one of the elements yttrium, lantha ticularly luminescent oxides are obtained by this method. num and the lanthanides is characterized in that a mixture is made comprising oxide of at least one of the elements The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an yttrium, lanthanum and the lanthanides and furthermore oxide of at least one of the elements yttrium, lanthanum per mol of the said oxides between 0.1 and 2 mol of and the lanthanides. The invention particularly relates to oxide of at least one of the alkali metals sodium, potassi a method of manufacturing a luminescent oxide of yttrium 30 um, rubidium and cesium or compounds which can pro and/or gadolinium and/or lanthanum and furthermore duce the said quantity of alkali metal oxide upon heating, to the oxides manufactured by the said method. and that the mixture is heated at a temperature of be It is known that the oxides of yttrium and/or gadolini tween 1000 and 1400 C. um and/or lanthanum activated by one or more of the In a method according to the invention the starting rare earth metals constitute satisfactorily luminescent ma 35 material is an oxide or possibly a mixed oxide of the terials. Interest is especially focussed on the oxides ac elements yttrium and/or lanthanum and/or the lantha tivated by trivalent europium because they have a very nides. This starting material consists of a polycrystalline efficient line emission in the red part of the visible spec powder whose particles have an average size of, for ex trum when they are excited by electrons so that they are ample, 2u. These particles consist, however, of conglom particularly suitable for use as a red component in the dis 40 erates of large numbers of very fine microcrystals. In a play screen of colour television tubes. The oxides activated method according to the invention the oxide is converted by trivalent europium may likewise be used in combina into a satisfactory crystalline powder whose means par tion with gas discharge lamps because they can also be ticle size may be a factor of 2 larger than that of the satisfactorily excited by ultraviolet radiation with sub starting material and in which the individual particles are stantially the same emission as for electron excitation. 45 found to be substantially single crystals. According to the Luminescent oxides or yttrium and/or gadolinium invention the starting material is to this end mixed per and/or lanthanum are generally manufactured by heating mol of oxide with between 0.1 and 2 mol of oxide of at a mixture of compounds of yttrium and/or gadolinium least one of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, rubidium and/or lanthanum and of the activator element in an or cesium or with compounds which can produce the said oxidizing atmosphere. In many cases the starting materials 50 quantity of alkali metal oxide upon heating. The mix are the oxides of the said elements, but it is alternatively ture thus formed is heated at a temperature of between possible to form a mixed compound of these elements, 1000 and 1400° C. in which recrystallization of the start for example, the mixed oxalate, whereafter this mixed ing material is effected. The heat treatment may be per compound is converted into the oxide by heating. formed in air. The quantity of alkali metal oxide to be The luminescent oxide manufactured in this manner 55 added is to be chosen to be between the above-mentioned consists of a polycrystalline powder. To obtain satis limits. In fact, when less than 0.1 mol of alkali metal factorily luminescent materials it is necessary that the oxide per mol of the starting material is used, an in number of lattice errors in the crystals is as small as sufficient recrystallization and crystal growth is obtained. possible and that the activator is satisfactorily incorpo The crystal size of the final product increases as the quan rated in the crystal lattice. Furthermore it is required for 60 tity of alkali metal oxides increases. The use of more most uses that the grain dimensions and the grain shape of than 2 mol of alkali metal oxide per mol of the starting the luminescent powder satisfy given conditions. In order material is, however, undesirable because generally no to cause the formation reaction to proceed better during further increase of the mean grain size is obtained. manufacture of the luminescent oxides and to improve the In a method according to the invention sodium and/or crystallinity of the product obtained, it is known to heat 65 potassium carbonate in a quantity of between 0.4 and 2 the starting materials in the presence of the melting salt. mol per mol of oxide of yttrium, lanthanum and the U.K. Paent Specification. 1,110,290 describes, for ex lanthanides is preferably used as the alkali metal oxide ample, the use of ammonium chloride and metal chlorides source. These carbonates are cheap and available in a as a melting salt in the manufacture of yttrium and/or very pure form. gadolinium oxide activated by trivalent europium. U.K. 70 In a preferred embodiment of a method according to the Patent Specification 1,127,166 describes the use of fluo invention Sulphur is furthermore used in the mixture to 3,842,012 3 be heated. It has surprisingly been found that Sulphur, TABLE I even in very small quantities, results in a considerable Quantity Relative further increase of the crystal size. The quantity of sul Sin bright phur may be chosen to be within wide limits. For a Example grams dip in ps ness E quantity of 0.001 mol of sulphur per mol of oxide of yt 8 2.2 129 6 2.5 135 trium, lanthanum and the lanthanides a noticeable effect 24 2,8 37 of the sulphur addition is already obtained. When using 32 3. 8 40 large quantities of sulphur the growth of the grains de 40 3.8 35 creases, however. Consequently not more than 1.50 mol 80 14.0 117 of sulphur per mol of the starting material is used. 0. Quantities of sulphur of between 0.01 and 0.30 mol per mol of the starting material are preferred. A grain The luminescent oxides obtained in accordance with size of the final product can then be obtained which is Examples 1 to 7 inclusive yield brightnesses varying be a factor of 10 larger than that of the starting material tween 53 and 62 Nt upon electron excitation after they and in which the particles are substantially monocryS are provided in cathode-ray tubes. talline. The duration of heating the mixture may be chosen to be within wide limits and is dependent inter alia on EXAMPLE 8 the heating temperature and on the quantity of the mix A mixture is made of 30 grammes of Ygos Eulogs.O. ture to be heated. Heating periods of between 2 and 16 20 and 23.4 grammes of K2CO3. The mixed oxide used has hours for a heating temperature of between 1100 and the same properties as the starting material used in Ex 1200° C. are preferred. ample 1. In the same manner as in Example 1 the mixture It is generally desirable to wash the product obtained is subjected to a temperature treatment.
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