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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:
Jun. 15, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H Shay, Kutztown, PA (US);
Thomas L Ellison, Slatington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 167 ; 148 166 ;
Abstract
A process for limiting the absorption of nitrogen by ferrous metal containing chromium as an alloying additive (e.g. stainless steel) during high temperature annealing in an atmosphere of nitrogen and hydrogen by controlled additions of an inhibitor selected from the group consisting of water vapor, oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide or mixtures thereof to the atmosphere while controlling the dew point of the furnace atmosphere and/or the ratio of the partial pressure of the inhibitor to the partial pressure of the hydrogen.