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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Ebner, A-4060 Leonding, AT;
Heribert Lochner, A-4060 Leonding, AT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 1/26 ;
Abstract
To be able to satisfactorily bright-anneal metals having a high affinity to oxygen in a hood-type furnace or the like under a protective gas, a rather pure inert gas such as argon, neon or helium, which is mixed with not more than 50 vol-% of a reducing gas, for instance hydrogen, is used as protective gas in cooperation with an oxygen binder, preferably titanium.