Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition consisting essentially of: a) from about 80 to about 99 mole % of TiO2, and b) from about 1 to about 20 mole % of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of i) WO2, ii) Ta2O5, iii) Nb2O5, iv) MoO2, v) Mo, vi) Ta, vii) Nb, viii) W and ix) mixtures thereof, wherein the mole % s are based on the total product and wherein the sum of components a) and b) is 100. The invention is also directed to the sintered product of such composition, a sputtering target made from the sintered product and a transparent electroconductive film made from the composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a metal powder having a purity at least as high as the starting powder and having an oxygen content of 10 ppm or less comprising heating said metal powder containing oxygen in the form of an oxide, with the total oxygen content being from 50 to 3000 ppm, in an inert atmosphere at a pressure of from 1 bar to 10?7 to a temperature at which the oxide of the metal powder becomes thermodynamically unstable and removing the resulting oxygen via volatilization. The metal powder is preferably selected from the group consisting of tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, zirconium, titanium, vanadium, rhenium and tungsten. The invention also relates to the powders produced by the process and the use of such powders in a cold spray process.