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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:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yeong-U Kim, Export, PA (US);
Donald R Zaremski, Cheswick, PA (US);
Assignee:
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2941 / ;
Abstract
A method is provided for further processing cold-rolled, stainless-steel sheet or strip by being induction-heated to an annealing temperature in the range of up to 2300 degrees Fahrenheit, causing the formation thereon of a scale of having thickness of less than 2000 Angstroms, followed by electrolytic descaling at high current density in an aqueous solution of 15 to 25 weight percent of sodium sulfate, maintained at a temperature of at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit.