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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:
Feb. 08, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gert-Wilhelm Lask, Berus, DE;
Assignee:
Applied Industrial Materials Corporation, Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423350 ; 423349 ;
Abstract
A carbide former is introduced into briquettes in the production of silicon in an electric-arc low-shaft furnace to improve the trapping of silicon oxide rising in the furnace and increase the silicon yield. The carbide former can be calcium, magnesium or aluminum, preferably in the form of the silicate and most advantageous is magnesium silicate.