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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Electronic Materials, Llc, Belmont, MA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Matheson, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Electronic Materials LLC, Belmont, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/34 (2006.01); H01B 5/00 (2006.01); B22F 9/20 (2006.01); B22F 9/24 (2006.01); H01B 13/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 5/00 (2013.01); B22F 9/20 (2013.01); B22F 9/24 (2013.01); C23C 14/3414 (2013.01); H01B 13/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a process to reduce mixtures of at least one metal halide by molten metal reduction of the liquid phase metal halide in an alkali or alkaline earth metal to form a reaction product comprising at least one metal mixture and a halide salt coating, in which the at least one metal halide is in stoichiometric excess to the molten metal reductant and wherein the reductant is consumed in the reaction and does not need to be removed at the end of the reaction.