Abstract: In a process for purifying carboniferous iron, nickel and/or cobalt alloys in which the base metal tends to form a carbide, a mixture of at least one halogen and hydrogen is added to the metal melt in order to remove in the form of halides the metals present as impurities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 1975
Date of Patent:
February 1, 1977
Assignee:
Outokumpu Oy
Inventors:
Simo Antero Iivari Makipirtti, John Henrik Relander