Vaporizing Or Condensing Patents (Class 75/607)
  • Publication number: 20140301890
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing high-purity calcium, the method being characterized by the following: performing first sublimation purification by introducing calcium starting material having a purity, excluding the gas components, of 4N or less into a crucible of a sublimation vessel, subjecting the starting material to sublimation by heating at 750° C. to 800° C., and causing the product to deposit (evaporate) onto the inside walls of the sublimation vessel; and then, once the calcium that has been subjected to first sublimation purification is recovered, performing second sublimation purification by introducing the recovered calcium again to the crucible to the sublimation vessel, heating the recovered calcium at 750° C. to 800° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahata
  • Patent number: 7641711
    Abstract: Liquid metal is continuously recovered by condensing metal vapour in a sealed system, more or less at atmospheric pressure, and collecting liquid metal in a crucible. The contents of the crucible are agitated and the temperature is controlled to prevent the liquid metal from solidifying. Liquid metal and dross are tapped from the crucible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Mintek
    Inventors: Albert Francois Simon Schoukens, Thomas Robert Curr, Masud Abdellatif, Rodney Murison Whyte
  • Publication number: 20080115626
    Abstract: Liquid metal is continuously recovered by condensing metal vapour in a sealed system, more or less at atmospheric pressure, and collecting liquid metal in a crucible. The contents of the crucible are agitated and the temperature is controlled to prevent the liquid metal from solidifying. Liquid metal and dross are tapped from the crucible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: MINTEK
    Inventors: Albert Francois Simon Schoukens, Thomas Robert Curr, Masud Abdellatif, Rodney Murison Whyte