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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Peter Hobbs, Lansdale, PA (US);
James Francis Heffron, Orwigsburg, PA (US);
Andrew Joseph Woytek, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 9/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 9/05 ;
Abstract
An improved method of processing a molten non-ferrous metal and alloys of the metal using a blanketing gas having a global warming potential is provided. The improvement involves reducing the global warming potential of the blanketing gas by blanketing the molten non-ferrous metal and alloys with a gaseous mixture including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of SO F , NF , SO CLF, SOF , and NOF.