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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:
Mar. 02, 1982
Filed:
May. 12, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jelle H Kaspersma, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Robert H Shay, Kutztown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 165 ; 148 166 ; 148 203 ;
Abstract
A process for carburizing ferrous metal articles in a furnace under an atmosphere derived from an input of nitrogen and ethanol injected into the furnace during the entire cycle. Carburization is controlled in a first embodiment by the control of ethanol and nitrogen mixture and water vapor content of the mixture as well as total flow through the furnace and in a second embodiment by controlling the nitrogen-ethanol mixture to which is added water and an enriching or carburizing agent.