Pure tantalum powder has been produced by combining Na as a reducing agent, as feed material, KCl and KF as a diluent in a stainless steel(SUS) bomb, using the method of metallothermic reduction. The present study investigated the effect of the amount of the diluent and reaction temperature on the characteristics of tantalum powder in the production process. The temperature applied in this study and the amount of the additional reductant from +5% of the theoretical amount used for the reduction of the entire . The results showed that as the amount of the diluent increased, the reaction temperature became lower because the diluent prevented a temperature rise. Also, according to the mixture ratio of the feed materials and the diluent changed from 1 : 0.25 to 1 : 2, the particle size decreased from to and a particle size distribution which is below 325 mesh in fined powder increases from 71% to 83%. The average size of Tantalum powder, , was close to that of the commercial powders(). Also under this condition, impurities contained in the powder were within the range allowed for the commercial Ta powders.

기계적합금법으로 Ti와 B의 혼합분말로부터 TiB2분말을 제조하였고, Zr과 Ta의 Ti 치환 효과를 조사하였다. (Ti+B)의 혼합분말을 280시간 분쇄하여 TiB2단일상을 얻었고 기계적합금화 도중 비정질상은 관찰되지 않았다. Ti의 일부를 원자반경이 Ti보다 큰 Zr으로 치환한 결과 기계적합금화에 걸리는 시간이 크게 감소한 반면에, 붕화물 생성열이 절대값이 TiB2상보다 작은 Ta로 치환하면 280시간 분쇄하여도 단일상을 형성하지 못하였다.