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Method for cleaning molten metal

CA 1339703 C · Owner: Ishii, Toshio · Inventors: Sugiyama, Shunichi; Matsuno, Hidetoshi; Ishii, Toshio

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A method for cleaning molten metal comprises the steps of keeping a pressure inside a vessel having molten metal therein at a pressure of Ps of atmospheric pressure or less, bubbling the molten metal in the vessel by gas soluble in the molten metal, a portion of said gas dissolving in the molten metal and the rest of the gas converting to gas bubbles, and reducing rapidly the pressure in the vessel to pressure PE, fine gas bubbles being produced in the molten metal in the vessel nonmetallic inclusions being trapped by said fine gas bubbles and by gas bubbles produced by bubbling and rising to the surface of the molten metal, and gas dissolved in the molten metal being removed. Pressure Ps …

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  • Granted March 10, 1998. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 10, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1989
GrantedMarch 10, 1998
Term endedMarch 10, 2015
Patent numberCA 1339703 C
Classification (IPC)C21C7/07 +2 more

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199019931996199920022005200820112014Application filedSep 29, 1989Patent grantedMarch 10, 1998Term endedMarch 10, 2015

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