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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360967 | Solubilization and disposal of radioactive scale and sludge A process to transform solid, low-level, radioactive waste produced from oil and gas production into a form that may be safely disposed of, such as by re-injection into geologic formations in the Earth. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361205 | Method for production of metallic elements of high purity such as chromes The invention relates to a method of producing granules made of high purity metal or metal alloy, in particular based on chromium, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting in: preparing a metal or a metal alloy having non-metallic inc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354472 | Metalothermic reduction of refractory metal oxides A method of producing a refractory metal powder by (A) combining (i) an oxide particle component and (ii) a reducing agent; (B) forming a substantially uniform mixture of (i) and (ii); (C) continuously feeding the mixture into a furnace; (D) igniting the mixture at ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7297323 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing fine particles A method of manufacturing fine particles of the invention includes introducing a reactive gas flow containing a fine particle source material into a reactor from one side, growing fine particles in a gas phase by heating the fine particle source material in the reac... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7192467 | Method for producing molybdenum metal and molybdenum metal Novel forms of molybdenum metal, and apparatus and methods for production thereof. Novel forms of molybdenum metal are preferably characterized by a surface area of substantially about 2.1 m2/g to substantially about 4.1 m2/g. Novel forms of mo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6855189 | Method for removing chrome and/or nickel from liquid slags In a method for removing chromium oxide and nickel oxide, and combinations thereof, from liquid slags or slag mixtures, in which the liquid slag is A charged onto a metal bath, in particular an iron bath, and reduced by feeding carbon or carbon carriers, the carbon ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6679931 | Method for recovering metallic chromium from slag containing chromium oxide A method for recovering metallic chromium from slags which contain chromium oxide from converter processes, such as AOD, MRP, AOD-L, MRP-L, CLU, ASM, Conarc stainless steel or vacuum processes, such as VOD, SS-VOD, RH, RH with lanze, includes drawing off ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6669755 | Apparatus and method for treating containerized feed materials in a liquid reactant metal A treatment apparatus (10) includes a liquid reactant metal containment vessel (11) for containing a first liquid reactant metal and isolating the reactant metal from the atmosphere. A release chamber (14) is adapted to receive the first liquid reactant m... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6626976 | Method for producing molybdenum metal Novel forms of molybdenum metal, and apparatus and methods for production thereof. Novel forms of molybdenum metal are preferably characterized by a surface area of substantially 2.5 m2 /g. Novel forms of molybdenum metal are also preferably ch... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6582493 | Method for recycling objects consisting of thoriated tungsten A method for recycling thoriated tungsten objects such as thoriated tungsten scrap resulting from the fabrication of electrodes for lamps. The thoriated tungsten objects are oxidized, homogenized by mixing and chemically reduced under a hydrogen gas atmos... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6569222 | Continuous single stage process for the production of molybdenum metal Molybdenum trioxide or ammonium dimolybdate is reduced to molybdenum metal as it passes through an atmosphere of hydrogen in a multi-zoned thermally profiled rotating tube furnace.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6409793 | Method for processing steel slags containing chromium A method for processing steel slags and optionally iron carriers such as, e.g., electric furnace slags, converter slags, dusts derived from steel production, mill scale or secondary metallurgical residues, in which the molten steel slags or iron carriers ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6251160 | Method of de-chroming and/or depleting the MgO content of steel slag In a process for dechroming, and/or depleting the MgO content of, steel slags, oxygen is introduced into the liquid steel slag to an extent sufficient for converting iron quantitatively to iron oxide and at least 5% by weight of the iron oxide contained i... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6245211 | Process for obtaining titanium or other metals using shuttle alloys The present invention relates to a process for obtaining metals from oxides using shuttle alloys, particularly titanium metal from titanium dioxide in the form of illmenite rutile. The process can be adapted to obtain elemental metal or alloys of metals s... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6210461 | Continuous production of titanium, uranium, and other metals and growth of metallic needles This invention provides improved production, continuous or batch, especially of metals which have been produced by versions of the Kroll and Ames processses. This list includes titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, rhenium, molybdenum... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6068677 | Method for processing waste or waste fractions, in particular car shredder light fractions The method for processing waste or waste fractions, such as, for example, household refuse, car shredder light fractions or the like, provides for pyrolysis, gasification and/or combustion, whereupon the residues are melted under reducing conditions. The ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6039788 | Melting and casting of high purity chromium with controlled oxygen content The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing high purity chromium suitable for deposition onto a semiconductor wafer or other substrate by sputtering. The process increases productivity, expands melting capability and provides consistent hig... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6010553 | Process for producing pig iron, nonferrous heavy metal alloys, FECR and synthetic blast furnace slags using metal-oxide-containing waste incineration residues or slags In a process for producing pig iron, nonferrous heavy metal alloys, ferrochromium carbure or carbon-free ferrochromium and synthetic blast furnace slags, using metal-oxide-containing waste incineration residues or slags, the charging materials of waste bu... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6001148 | Process for obtaining metal from metal oxide A process for producing metals in the reduced state from their oxides using a simple and less expensive facility with lower running cost. A metal oxide in the form of particles is supplied into a high temperature flame from an oxygen burner in a reactor f... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5985000 | Method for manufacturing electrode material for vacuum circuit breaker To provide a Cu-Cr alloy electrode material, a mixture of Cu and cr materials at a predetermined ratio is heated until the mixture has been entirely melted, and the molten metal obtained is quenched to precipitate fine Cr particles in a Cu base. Since Cr ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5912399 | Chemical synthesis of refractory metal based composite powders A new tungsten compound is formed by reacting ammonium metatungstate with guanidine carbonate. Such a compound can be converted to metallic tungsten, tungsten carbide or oxycarbide, and tungsten nitride or oxynitride. One can also make multiphase composit... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5882375 | Process for the production of hydraulic binders and/or alloys, such as for examples, ferrochromium or ferrovanadium In a process for the production of hydraulic binders, crude steel and/or alloys, such as, e.g., FeCr or FeV, from basic steel slags containing chromium and/or vanadium, the liquid steel slag is mixed with an additive selected from the group consisting of ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5882377 | Process for smelting reduction of chromium ore In this invention, the smelting reduction operation can be carried out in a high efficiency by charging a carbonaceous material in such an amount that total surface area is not less than 60 m2 per 1 ton of slag weight. Carbon substance finely p... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5866067 | High purity chromium metal by casting with controlled oxygen content The present invention relates to high purity chromium metal suitable for deposition onto a semiconductor wafer or other substrate by sputtering. The high purity chromium metal is produced by a process that increases productivity, expands melting capabilit... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5734960 | Process for producing KS molybdenum A process for producing potassium and silicon doped molybdenum (KS molybdenum). The process involves mixing an aqueous ammonium molybdate solution and a dilute aqueous potassium silicate solution. The molybdate solution has a pH and a specific gravity suf... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5702502 | Method for direct use of chromite ore in the production of stainless steel A three-stage process for obtaining metallic Cr units insitu during the production of stainless steel. Raw chromite ore or a concentrate produced from chromite ore is mixed with a carbonaceous reductant and slagging agents are added to an iron bath (24) f... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5403543 | Process for manufacturing a contact material for vacuum circuit breakers Disclosed is a manufacturing process of an alloy material comprising a chromium component and a base component which comprises at least one element selected from tile group consisting of copper and silver, the manufacturing process comprising steps of: su... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5391215 | Method for producing high-purity metallic chromium There is proposed a novel method for manufacturing high-purity metallic chromium that can eliminate the problems of reduced heating capability of the furnace, contamination of produced metallic chromium and other disadvantages related to the operation of ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5372661 | Alloys of molybdenum, rhenium and tungsten A molybdneum, rhenium, and tungsten alloy having an improved erosion, ductility, strength and a higher recrystallization temperature. The alloy may be fabricated into equipment which is useful for manufacturing chemicals such as a hydrochlorofluorocarbon.... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5364447 | Method of recycling hazardous waste A smelting process for blending hazardous and non-hazardous inorganic industrial wastes with carbon or aluminum reducing agents to simultaneously recover metal alloys (reducible metals), metal oxides (volatile reducible metals), carbon dioxide and man-mad... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5330557 | Fluid bed reduction to produce flowable molybdenum metal Flowable molybdenum metal powder of controlled particle size distribution is produced by stage-wise reduction wherein, in a first stage, molybdenum trioxide feed is preferably introduced at depth in a fluid bed of molybdenum dioxide and is reduced in an a... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5302184 | Manufacture of ferroalloys using a molten bath reactor The specification discloses a process for producing a ferroalloy in a smelting vessel. A material containing an alloying metal is injected into a molten bath contained in the vessel. A flux, a carbonaceous material and an oxygen-containing gas are also in... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5259866 | Method for producing high-purity metallic chromium Chromium carbide powder and/or powder of an easily sulfidable metal are added to powdered crude metallic chromium to form a mixture thereof, which is then heated in vacuum to remove S, N and O by degassing so that consequently the crude metallic chromium ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5240495 | In situ formation of metal-ceramic oxide microstructures In situ formation of metal-ceramic oxide microstructures is carried out on a starting oxide phase containing at least a most noble metallic component (e.g., iron) and a least noble metallic component (e.g. manganese) and subjecting the starting oxide phas... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5213612 | Method of forming porous bodies of molybdenum or tungsten A method for forming a porous body of a metal from the group consisting of molybdenum, molybdenum alloy, tungsten, tungsten alloy, or mixtures thereof comprises foaming a mixture of a sinterable powder of the metal and a foaming agent in a volume ratio of... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5201940 | Pre-heating and pre-reduction of a metal oxide The specification discloses a process for pre-heating and pre-reducing metal oxide ores. The process comprises introducing particles of an oxide ore entrained in a gas through a port into a treatment chamber. Inside the treatment chamber teh stream of ent... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5131942 | Method for producing molten metal from powder state ore A method and apparatus for producing molten metal from powder state ore through smelting process to be performed in a shaft furnace, utilized the reducing material having grain size greater than that n-times of the gas flow velocity corresponding grain si... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5125965 | Method for maintaining fluidization in a fluidized bed reactor A process for enhancing fluidization in a fluidized bed reactor chamber. In a preferred embodiment, molybdenum oxide is reduced to molybdenum metal in the fluidized bed. An oxidant is introduced into the fluidized bed during the reducing process in order ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125964 | Fluidized bed process for preparing tungsten powder Tungsten metal powder of controlled particle sizes is obtained in a fluid bed process by reducing particles of tungsten oxide having the formula WOX where x is from 2.5 to 3.0. The WOX powder particles are heated to and then maintain... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5123957 | Method for manufacturing low carbon ferrochrome with high chromium content A method for manufacturing a low carbon ferrochrome with a high chromium content of at least 70 weight % Cr comprising the steps of at least once nitriding and crushing a low carbon ferrochrome to form a crushed ferrochrome nitride and subjecting the crus... | 06/23/1992 |
