Sulfide Reactive Vacuum Distillation, Absorption, Stripping, and Extraction for Metal and Alloy Production

    公开(公告)号:US20240052456A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18384722

    申请日:2023-10-27

    IPC分类号: C22B5/04

    CPC分类号: C22B5/04

    摘要: In accordance with one embodiment, a method comprises dissolving a sulfide of a first metal in a solvent comprising molten aluminum; aluminothermically reduce at least a portion of the sulfide through reactive vacuum distillation to form gaseous aluminum sulfide distillate and elemental first metal that remains in the molten aluminum; and at least one of (e.g., one, two, or all three of) (a) reacting the aluminum sulfide distillate with at least one material in the molten aluminum; (b) reacting the aluminum sulfide distillate with at least one material outside of the molten aluminum; or (c) condensing the gaseous aluminum sulfide distillate.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LOW CARBON FERROALLOY FROM CHROMITE ORE

    公开(公告)号:US20220064756A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17523087

    申请日:2021-11-10

    摘要: A method and system for recovering a high yield of low carbon ferroalloy, e.g., low carbon ferrochrome, from chromite and low carbon ferrochrome produced by the method. A stoichiometric mixture of feed materials including scrap aluminum granules, lime, silica sand, and chromite ore are provided into a plasma arc furnace. The scrap aluminum granules are produced from used aluminum beverage containers. The feed materials are heated, whereupon the aluminum in the aluminum granules produces an exothermic reaction reducing the chromium oxide and iron oxide in the chromite to produce molten low carbon ferrochrome with molten slag floating thereon. The molten low carbon ferrochrome is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of low carbon ferrochrome. The molten slag is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of slag.

    Methods for Producing Metal Powders
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200023440A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16282385

    申请日:2019-02-22

    IPC分类号: B22F9/24 B22F9/20 C22B5/04

    摘要: A method for producing a metal powder includes maintaining molten reducing metal in a sealed reaction vessel that is free of added oxygen and water, establishing a vortex in the molten reducing metal, introducing a metal halide into the vortex so that the molten reducing metal is in a stoichiometric excess to the metal halide, thereby producing metal particles and salt, removing unreacted reducing metal, removing the salt, and recovering the metal powder. The molten reducing metal can be a Group I metal, a Group II metal, or aluminum.