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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donn Reynolds Armstrong, Lisle, IL (US);
Stanley S Borys, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard Paul Anderson, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
International Titanium Powder, L.L.C., Willowbrook, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75370 ; 75371 ; 75605 ; 75613 ; 75616 ; 75619 ; 75620 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.