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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth R Butcher, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Leonard S Aubrey, Arden, NC (US);
Assignee:
Selee Corporation, Hendersonnville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75407 ; 266227 ; 75412 ;
Abstract
There is provided a method and apparatus for removing liquid salts from liquid metal utilizing at least one porous substrate which is wettable by liquid salts and is not wettable by liquid metal. The porous substrate is inserted into a container having a quantity of liquid metal which is contaminated with an amount of liquid salt. The salt contaminated liquid metal contacts the substrate so that the liquid salt is absorbed into the porous substrate. The salt wetted porous substrate is then removed from the container.