Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material, which solves the technical problem that the toughness is often lost while the strength of the material is improved in the prior art.
The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
the invention provides a preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material, which comprises the following steps:
Carrying out ultrasonic cleaning on Ti, al, V, ni and Si metal raw materials, proportioning according to the mass percentage, sequentially placing the materials into a water-cooled metal crucible according to the sequence from low melting point to high melting point, placing the metal raw material with the lowest melting point on the bottom layer, placing the metal raw material with the highest melting point on the surface layer, and placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
Establishing a vacuum anaerobic environment, and introducing a protective gas;
Smelting all metal raw materials in an anaerobic environment until the metal raw materials are fully mixed and dissolved, and obtaining the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material;
wherein, the chemical formulas of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material are TiaAlbVcNidSie, a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percentage of each element, a is 80-90wt%, b is 5-10wt%, c is 2-6wt%, d is 0-5wt% and e is 0-2wt%;
the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material has a chemical formula of Ti aAlbVcNidSie;
Wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 80-90wt%, b is 5-10wt%, c is 2-6wt%, d is 0-5wt%, and e is 0-2wt%.
On the basis of the scheme, further preferably, the negative enthalpy titanium alloy material with the chemical formula of Ti aAlbVcNidSie is prepared, wherein the purity of Ti, al, V, ni and Si corresponding to the raw materials is more than or equal to 99.95%.
On the basis of the scheme, the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is further preferable, wherein Ti, al, V, ni and Si element have negative mixing enthalpy.
Further preferably, on the basis of this scheme, the mixing enthalpy Δh mix between the Ti, al, V, ni and Si elements is:
ΔHmix(Ti-Al)=-30kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-V)=-2kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-Ni)=-35kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Ti-Si)=-66kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-V)=-16kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-Ni)=-22kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Al-Si)=-19kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Ni)=-18kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Si)=-48kJ/mol,ΔHmix
(Ni-Si)=-40kJ/mol。
Further preferably, on the basis of the scheme, the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is one of Ti90Al6V4、Ti87.5Al8V4Si0.5、Ti86Al8V4Ni2、Ti85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5 and Ti 85Al8V4Ni2Si1.
On the basis of the scheme, it is further preferable that the establishing of the vacuum anaerobic environment and the introducing of the protective gas specifically comprise the following steps:
Closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa.
On the basis of the scheme, further preferably, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an oxygen-free environment, wherein the titanium sponge is subjected to arc striking smelting for 2 times, and residual oxygen is absorbed.
On the basis of the scheme, further preferably, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an oxygen-free environment, wherein the number of times of arc striking smelting is more than 4, each cooled metal raw material in the crucible is turned over after each time of arc striking smelting, then the next time of arc striking smelting is carried out, and the titanium sponge is subjected to 2 times of arc striking smelting before the next time of arc striking smelting alloy, so that residual oxygen is absorbed.
On the basis of the scheme, it is further preferable that the arc striking smelting of other times further comprises magnetic stirring of the metal raw materials besides the first arc striking smelting and the last arc striking smelting.
On the basis of the scheme, it is further preferable that the smelting time of each arc striking smelting is respectively 1.0-2.0min, and the smelting voltage and the smelting current of the arc striking smelting are respectively 10-15V and 300-350A.
The preparation method of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:
The invention provides a Ti aAlbVcNidSie series negative enthalpy titanium alloy material, which is prepared from titanium, aluminum, vanadium, nickel and silicon elements through a vacuum arc melting furnace, wherein the series negative enthalpy titanium alloy structurally comprises a body-centered cubic structure (BCC, body-centred cubic) and a close-packed hexagonal structure (HCP, hexagonal close packing), the microstructure and the mechanical property of the alloy can be regulated and controlled through element proportion, and compared with a typical two-phase (BCC+HCP) titanium alloy, the BCC is enriched with V element, the HCP is enriched with Ti and Al element, thus the formation of a BCC phase can be promoted through adding Ni element with negative mixing enthalpy with V, and the BCC phase with high volume fraction is obtained.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will clearly and fully describe the technical aspects of the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.
It is to be understood that the terminology used in the description of the embodiments of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of embodiments of the invention. As used in the specification of the embodiments of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
The invention prepares Ti aAlbVcNidSie series negative enthalpy titanium alloy materials by vacuum arc melting furnace through proportioning design composed of titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al), vanadium (V), nickel (Ni) and silicon (Si).
Specifically, the invention discloses a preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material, which comprises the following steps:
Carrying out ultrasonic cleaning on Ti, al, V, ni and Si metal raw materials, proportioning according to the mass percentage, sequentially placing the materials into a water-cooled metal crucible according to the sequence from low melting point to high melting point, placing the metal raw material with the lowest melting point on the bottom layer, placing the metal raw material with the highest melting point on the surface layer, and placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
Establishing a vacuum anaerobic environment, and introducing a protective gas;
Smelting all metal raw materials in an anaerobic environment until the metal raw materials are fully mixed and dissolved, and obtaining the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material;
wherein, the chemical formulas of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material are TiaAlbVcNidSie, a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percentage of each element, a is 80-90wt%, b is 5-10wt%, c is 2-6wt%, d is 0-5wt% and e is 0-2wt%;
the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material has a chemical formula of Ti aAlbVcNidSie;
Wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 80-90wt%, b is 5-10wt%, c is 2-6wt%, d is 0-5wt%, and e is 0-2wt%.
Specifically, the purity of Ti, al, V, ni and Si of the corresponding raw materials of Ti aAlbVcNidSie is more than or equal to 99.95%.
Specifically, the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material has negative mixing enthalpy between Ti, al, V, ni and Si elements.
Specifically, the enthalpy of mixing Δh mix between Ti, al, V, ni and Si elements is:
ΔHmix(Ti-Al)=-30kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-V)=-2kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-Ni)=-35kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Ti-Si)=-66kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-V)=-16kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-Ni)=-22kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Al-Si)=-19kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Ni)=-18kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Si)=-48kJ/mol,ΔHmix
(Ni-Si)=-40kJ/mol。
Specifically, the method for establishing the vacuum anaerobic environment and introducing the protective gas specifically comprises the following steps:
Closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa.
Specifically, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an anaerobic environment, wherein the titanium sponge is subjected to arc striking smelting for 2 times, and residual oxygen is absorbed.
Specifically, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an anaerobic environment, wherein the number of times of arc striking smelting is more than 4, each cooled metal raw material in a crucible is turned over after each time of arc striking smelting, then the next arc striking smelting is carried out, and the titanium sponge is subjected to arc striking smelting for 2 times before the next arc striking smelting of alloy, so that residual oxygen is absorbed.
Specifically, in addition to the first arc striking smelting and the last arc striking smelting, the arc striking smelting of other times also comprises the magnetic stirring of the metal raw materials.
Specifically, the smelting time of each arc striking smelting is respectively 1.0-2.0min, and the smelting voltage and the smelting current of the arc striking smelting are respectively 10-15V and 300-350A.
After the optimized arrangement, the prepared negative enthalpy titanium alloy series structurally contains a body-centered cubic structure and a close-packed hexagonal structure, and the Ti aAlbVcNidSie negative enthalpy titanium alloy series material has high strength and high plasticity in mechanical property.
Example 1
A preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material comprises the following steps:
S1, carrying out ultrasonic cleaning on Ti, al, V, ni and Si metal raw materials, mixing according to the mass percentage, sequentially placing the materials into a water-cooled metal crucible from low melting point to high melting point, placing the metal raw material with the lowest melting point at a bottom layer, placing the metal raw material with the highest melting point at a surface layer, and placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
S2, establishing a vacuum anaerobic environment, and introducing protective gas;
and S3, arc striking and smelting the metal raw materials in an anaerobic environment until the metal raw materials are fully mixed and dissolved, and thus the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is obtained.
The chemical formula of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is Ti 85Al8V4Ni2Si1;
wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 85wt%, b is 8wt%, c is 4wt%, d is 2wt%, and e is 1wt%.
Specifically, the purity of Ti, al, V, ni and Si of the corresponding raw materials of Ti 85Al8V4Ni2Si1 is more than or equal to 99.95.
Specifically, the enthalpy of mixing Δh mix between Ti, al, V, ni and Si elements is:
ΔHmix(Ti-Al)=-30kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-V)=-2kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Ti-Ni)=-35kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Ti-Si)=-66kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-V)=-16kJ/mol,ΔHmix(Al-Ni)=-22kJ/mol,
ΔHmix(Al-Si)=-19kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Ni)=-18kJ/mol,ΔHmix(V-Si)=-48kJ/mol,ΔHmix
(Ni-Si)=-40kJ/mol。
Specifically, the method for establishing the vacuum anaerobic environment and introducing the protective gas specifically comprises the following steps:
Closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa.
Specifically, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an anaerobic environment, wherein the titanium sponge is subjected to arc striking smelting for 2 times, and residual oxygen is absorbed.
Specifically, each metal raw material is subjected to arc striking smelting in an anaerobic environment, wherein the number of times of arc striking smelting is more than 4, after each time of arc striking smelting, the alloy in the crucible is turned over, then the next arc striking smelting is carried out, and 2 times of smelting oxygen inhalation is carried out on the titanium sponge before the next arc striking smelting of the alloy.
Specifically, the smelting time of each arc striking smelting is respectively 1.0-2.0min, and besides the first arc striking smelting and the last arc striking smelting, the arc striking smelting of the metal raw material also comprises the magnetic stirring of the melt, and the smelting voltage and the smelting current of the arc striking smelting are respectively 10-15V and 300-350A.
The mixing enthalpy DeltaH mix(Ti85Al8V4Ni2Si1) = -19.2kJ/mol of Ti 85Al8V4Ni2Si1 prepared in this example, yield strength 1400MPa, breaking strength 1460MPa, and tensile plasticity 2.2%.
Example 2
A preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material comprises the following steps:
s1, respectively placing Ti, V, al, ni and Si high-purity raw material particles in an ultrasonic cleaning instrument, cleaning for two times, then accurately weighing and proportioning the raw material particles according to the component proportion and the mole ratio, sequentially placing the raw material particles in a water-cooled metal crucible from low melting point to high melting point, placing the element with the lowest melting point in a bottom layer and the element with the highest melting point in a top layer, and simultaneously placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
S2, closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa;
S3, arc striking is carried out under the high-purity argon atmosphere, sponge titanium is smelted for 2 times, residual oxygen in the furnace is absorbed, high-current smelting is firstly adopted, the smelting voltage is 10-15V, the smelting current is 300-350A, all metal particles are melted and uniformly mixed, after alloy buttons are cast and cooled, the alloy buttons are overturned by a manipulator, smelting is carried out in the same mode, magnetic stirring is started in each smelting process after the second time, the alloy buttons are cast and overturned for 180 degrees after each smelting, smelting is carried out for 4 times, so that alloy components are more uniform, the magnetic stirring is closed in the last smelting, the alloy buttons become smooth cast ingots, suction casting is carried out, after the alloy cast ingots are completely cooled, a furnace door is opened, and a sample is taken out, thus the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is obtained.
The chemical formula of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is Ti 85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5;
Wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 85.5wt%, b is 8wt%, c is 4wt%, d is 2wt%, and e is 0.5wt%.
Specifically, the purity of the Ti 85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5 corresponding to Ti, al, V, ni and Si of the raw materials is more than or equal to 99.95%.
The Ti 85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5 alloy material prepared in the embodiment has the mixing enthalpy ΔHmix(Ti85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5)=-17.5kJ/mol,Ti85.5Al8V4Ni2Si0.5, the room temperature tensile yield strength of 1200MPa, the breaking strength of 1300MPa and the uniform elongation of 5.5%.
Example 3
A preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material comprises the following steps:
S1, respectively placing high-purity raw material particles of Ti, V and Al in an ultrasonic cleaning instrument, cleaning for two times, then accurately weighing and proportioning the raw material particles according to the component proportion and the mole ratio, sequentially placing the raw material particles into a water-cooled metal crucible from low melting point to high melting point, placing the element with the lowest melting point in a bottom layer and the element with the highest melting point in a top layer, and simultaneously placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
S2, closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa;
S3, arc striking is carried out under the high-purity argon atmosphere, sponge titanium is smelted for 2 times, residual oxygen in the furnace is absorbed, high-current smelting is firstly adopted, the smelting voltage is 10-15V, the smelting current is 300-350A, all metal particles are melted and uniformly mixed, after alloy buttons are cast and cooled, the alloy buttons are overturned by a manipulator, smelting is carried out in the same mode, magnetic stirring is started in each smelting process after the second time, the alloy buttons are cast and overturned for 180 degrees after each smelting, smelting is carried out for 4 times, so that alloy components are more uniform, the magnetic stirring is closed in the last smelting, the alloy buttons become smooth cast ingots, suction casting is carried out, after the alloy cast ingots are completely cooled, a furnace door is opened, and a sample is taken out, thus the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is obtained.
The chemical formula of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is Ti 90Al6V4;
Wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 90wt%, b is 6wt%, c is 4wt%, d is 0wt%, and e is 0wt%.
Specifically, the purity of Ti, al and V of the corresponding raw materials of Ti 90Al6V4 is more than or equal to 99.95%.
The Ti 90Al6V4 alloy prepared in this example has a mixing enthalpy value DeltaH mix(Ti90Al6V4)=-11.1kJ/mol,Ti90Al6V4, a room temperature tensile yield strength of 790MPa, a breaking strength of 900MPa and a uniform elongation of 5.8%.
As shown in fig. 1, ti 90Al6V4 is a typical dual phase (bcc+hcp) titanium alloy in which BCC is rich in V element and HCP is rich in Ti and Al element. Therefore, the formation of the BCC phase can be promoted by adding Ni element with negative mixing enthalpy with V, so that the BCC phase with high volume fraction is obtained, and secondly, the mixing enthalpy of Si element and elements such as Ti, ni, al, V and the like is negative, so that the Si element is uniformly distributed.
Example 4
A preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material comprises the following steps:
s1, respectively placing high-purity raw material particles of Ti, V, al and Si in an ultrasonic cleaning instrument, cleaning for two times, then accurately weighing and proportioning the raw material particles according to the component proportion and the mole ratio, sequentially placing the raw material particles into a water-cooled metal crucible from low melting point to high melting point, placing the element with the lowest melting point in a bottom layer and the element with the highest melting point in a top layer, and simultaneously placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
S2, closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa;
S3, arc striking is carried out under the high-purity argon atmosphere, sponge titanium is smelted for 2 times, residual oxygen in the furnace is absorbed, high-current smelting is firstly adopted, the smelting voltage is 10-15V, the smelting current is 300-350A, all metal particles are melted and uniformly mixed, after alloy buttons are cast and cooled, the alloy buttons are overturned by a manipulator, smelting is carried out in the same mode, magnetic stirring is started in each smelting process after the second time, the alloy buttons are cast and overturned for 180 degrees after each smelting, smelting is carried out for 4 times, so that alloy components are more uniform, the magnetic stirring is closed in the last smelting, the alloy buttons become smooth cast ingots, suction casting is carried out, after the alloy cast ingots are completely cooled, a furnace door is opened, and a sample is taken out, thus the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is obtained.
The chemical formula of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is Ti 87.5Al8V4Si0.5;
Wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 87.5wt%, b is 8wt%, c is 4wt%, d is 0wt%, and e is 0.5wt%.
Specifically, the purity of Ti, al, V and Si corresponding to the raw materials of Ti 87.5Al8V4Si0.5 is more than or equal to 99.95%.
The Ti 87.5Al8V4Si0.5 alloy material prepared by the embodiment has the mixing enthalpy ΔHmix(Ti87.5Al8V4Si0.5)=-15.6kJ/mol,Ti87.5Al8V4Si0.5, the room temperature tensile yield strength of 850MPa, the breaking strength of 1000MPa and the uniform elongation of 6.9%.
Example 5
A preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material comprises the following steps:
s1, respectively placing Ti, V, al, ni high-purity raw material particles in an ultrasonic cleaning instrument, cleaning for two times, then accurately weighing and proportioning the raw material particles according to the component proportion and the mole ratio, sequentially placing the raw material particles in a water-cooled metal crucible from low melting point to high melting point, placing the element with the lowest melting point in a bottom layer and the element with the highest melting point in a top layer, and simultaneously placing titanium sponge in one of the water-cooled metal crucibles;
S2, closing an arc melting furnace door, opening circulating water and a mechanical pump, vacuumizing, opening a molecular pump to further vacuumize when the vacuum degree is lower than 5Pa, and introducing high-purity argon as shielding gas when the vacuum degree is lower than 5.0X10 -4 Pa;
S3, arc striking is carried out under the high-purity argon atmosphere, sponge titanium is smelted for 2 times, residual oxygen in the furnace is absorbed, high-current smelting is firstly adopted, the smelting voltage is 10-15V, the smelting current is 300-350A, all metal particles are melted and uniformly mixed, after alloy buttons are cast and cooled, the alloy buttons are overturned by a manipulator, smelting is carried out in the same mode, magnetic stirring is started in each smelting process after the second time, the alloy buttons are cast and overturned for 180 degrees after each smelting, smelting is carried out for 4 times, so that alloy components are more uniform, the magnetic stirring is closed in the last smelting, the alloy buttons become smooth cast ingots, suction casting is carried out, after the alloy cast ingots are completely cooled, a furnace door is opened, and a sample is taken out, thus the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is obtained.
The chemical formula of the high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material is Ti 86Al8V4Ni2;
wherein a, b, c, d and e respectively correspond to the mass percent of each element, a is 86wt%, b is 8wt%, c is 4wt%, d is 2wt%, and e is 0wt%.
Specifically, the purity of Ti, al, V and Ni corresponding to raw materials of Ti 86Al8V4Ni2 is more than or equal to 99.95%.
The mixing enthalpy delta H mix(Ti86Al8V4Ni2) = -15.8kJ/mol of the Ti 86Al8V4Ni2 alloy prepared in the example, wherein the tensile yield strength of Ti 86Al8V4Ni2 at room temperature is 1200MPa, the breaking strength is 1310MPa, and the uniform elongation is 4.5%.
Fig. 2 is an X-ray diffraction pattern of the Ti aAlbVcNidSie series negative enthalpy titanium alloy materials prepared in examples 1-5, and it can be seen in fig. 2 that the obtained Ti aAlbVcNidSie negative enthalpy titanium alloy materials all contain a dual-phase structure of bcc+hcp, no other new phases are generated, and meanwhile, as the content of Ni element increases, the volume fraction of BCC phase also increases.
Fig. 3 is a tensile stress-strain curve of the Ti aAlbVcNidSie series negative enthalpy titanium alloy materials prepared in examples 1-5 at room temperature, as shown in fig. 3, with the addition of the negative enthalpy elements Ni and Si, the alloy strength is improved, and meanwhile, the tensile toughness is higher.
In summary, the invention provides a preparation method of a high-strength high-plasticity negative enthalpy titanium alloy material, and the microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloy can be regulated and controlled by adjusting element proportion, so that the negative enthalpy titanium alloy material has great application potential in the important fields of aerospace, marine vessels, national defense, military and the like.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.