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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Subodh K Das, Natrona Heights, PA (US);
Richard A Milito, Natrona, PA (US);
Assignee:
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 6 / ; 75 1 / ;
Abstract
A method of producing an aluminum-silicon type alloy from alumina-silica bearing materials comprises providing the silica and alumina bearing materials in a mix having a weight ratio of silica to alumina in the range of 0.5 to 1.1. The method further comprises providing a source of carbonaceous material in the mix and carbothermically reducing it to form the aluminum-silicon alloy.