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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:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
MIT (Mass. Institute of Technology), Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 1035 ; 75 1063 ; 75433 ; 75500 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for improving metal production in ironmaking and steelmaking processes is disclosed. The use of an inert metallic conductor in the slag-containing crucible and the addition of a transition metal oxide to the slag are the disclosed process improvements.