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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Peter Hobbs, Lansdale, PA (US);
James Francis Heffron, Orwigsburg, PA (US);
Andrew Joseph Woytek, Allentown, PA (US);
Zbigniew Zurecki, Macungie, 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 nonferrous metal and alloys of said 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 nonferrous metal and alloys with a gaseous mixture including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of COF , CF COF, (CF ) CO, F COF, F C(OF) , SO F , NF , SO ClF, SOF , SOF , NOF, F and SF .