Patent ID: 7037463

Claim:
A method for producing a metallic 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, wherein the constituent elements comprise a titanium-base alloy, and an additive element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium, and mixtures thereof, and wherein at least one additive element is present at a level greater than its room-temperature solid solubility limit in the titanium-base alloy; chemically reducing the precursor compounds to produce an alloy material; and consolidating the alloy material to produce a consolidated metallic article, wherein no step in producing the metallic article includes melting.