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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. 15, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Alta Group, Inc., Fombell, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2042431 ; 2042302 ; 204245 ; 204247 ; 204274 ;
Abstract
Described is a method and apparatus for producing high purity titanium and high purity titanium so produced. The process contemplates producing titanium sponge in a container and performing titanium fused salt electrolysis in situ in the same container to produce high purity titanium crystal, and where especially low oxygen content is desired, to treat the high purity titanium crystal as produced with iodine.