Patent ID: 7410610

Claim:
A method for producing an article made of constituent elements in constituent-element proportions, comprising the steps of furnishing at least one nonmetallic precursor compound, wherein all of the nonmetallic precursor compounds collectively contain the constituent elements in their respective constituent-element proportions, and wherein the constituent elements comprise a titanium-base metallic composition, and boron present at a level greater than its room-temperature solid solubility limit in the titanium-base metallic composition; chemically reducing the precursor compounds to produce a material comprising a titanium-base metallic composition having titanium boride particles therein, without melting the titanium-base metallic composition; and consolidating the titanium-base metallic composition having the titanium boride particles therein to produce a consolidated article, without melting the titanium-base metallic composition and without melting the consolidated titanium-base metallic composition.