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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vadim J Jabotinski, Moscow, ID (US);
Francis H Froes, Moscow, ID (US);
Assignee:
Idaho Research Foundation, Moscow, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438683 ; 438584 ; 438679 ; 257761 ;
Abstract
A process for producing titanium that includes forming gaseous titanium and then transforming the gaseous titanium into solid titanium through condensation. The titanium gas is formed by vaporizing titania with an electron beam in the presence of carbon. The gas-containing vapor is cooled to form a titanium liquid or solid.