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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Jiro Kondo, Futtsu, JP;
Kensuke Okazawa, Futtsu, JP;
Inventors:
Jiro Kondo, Futtsu, JP;
Kensuke Okazawa, Futtsu, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for removal of boron from metal silicon inexpensively and extremely efficiently by a simple method, specifically, heating metal silicon containing boron as an impurity to its melting point to 2200° C. to place it in a molten state, then adding a solid mainly comprised of silicon dioxide and a solid mainly comprised of one or both of a carbonate of an alkali metal or a hydrate of a carbonate of an alkali metal into said molten silicon so as to form a slag and remove the boron in the silicon.