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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Scandium International Mining Corporation, Sparks, NV (US);
Inventor:
Nigel Ricketts, Mount Crosby, AU;
Assignee:
Scandium International Mining Corporation, Sparks, NV (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 21/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01); B22D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/026 (2013.01); B22D 1/00 (2013.01); C22C 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for forming a metal alloy. The method includes preparing a mixture of scandium oxide and a flux, thereby obtaining a flux-oxide mixture, wherein the flux contains less than 20% fluoride by weight, based on the total weight of the flux; mixing the flux-oxide mixture with molten aluminum, thereby obtaining a flux-metal mixture; cooling the flux-metal mixture; and separating at least a portion of the flux from the flux-metal mixture, thereby obtaining a metal alloy.