EP0248396A2 - Verfahren zum Herstellen von Hüllmaterial durch kombiniertes Umschmelzen mit Elektronenstrahlen und Vakuum-Lichtbogen - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Herstellen von Hüllmaterial durch kombiniertes Umschmelzen mit Elektronenstrahlen und Vakuum-Lichtbogen Download PDF

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EP0248396A2
EP0248396A2 EP87107945A EP87107945A EP0248396A2 EP 0248396 A2 EP0248396 A2 EP 0248396A2 EP 87107945 A EP87107945 A EP 87107945A EP 87107945 A EP87107945 A EP 87107945A EP 0248396 A2 EP0248396 A2 EP 0248396A2
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zirconium
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Samuel Austin Worcester
Charles Robert Woods
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B9/00—General processes of refining or remelting of metals; Apparatus for electroslag or arc remelting of metals
    • C22B9/16—Remelting metals
    • C22B9/20—Arc remelting
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/14—Obtaining zirconium or hafnium
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B9/00—General processes of refining or remelting of metals; Apparatus for electroslag or arc remelting of metals
    • C22B9/16—Remelting metals
    • C22B9/22—Remelting metals with heating by wave energy or particle radiation
    • C22B9/228—Remelting metals with heating by wave energy or particle radiation by particle radiation, e.g. electron beams

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EP87107945A 1986-06-05 1987-06-02 Verfahren zum Herstellen von Hüllmaterial durch kombiniertes Umschmelzen mit Elektronenstrahlen und Vakuum-Lichtbogen Expired - Lifetime EP0248396B1 (de)

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US87118386A 1986-06-05 1986-06-05
US871183 1986-06-05

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EP0248396A2 true EP0248396A2 (de) 1987-12-09
EP0248396A3 EP0248396A3 (en) 1990-04-25
EP0248396B1 EP0248396B1 (de) 1993-04-28

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KR (1) KR880000607A (de)
DE (1) DE3785605T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2040712T3 (de)

Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0320730A2 (de) * 1987-12-18 1989-06-21 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zirkonium für Kernbrennstoffhüllen
US5062887A (en) * 1991-02-08 1991-11-05 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Process for chloride removal from sponge metal
US6036741A (en) * 1997-07-31 2000-03-14 Japan Energy Corporation Process for producing high-purity ruthenium

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DE1121281B (de) * 1959-11-07 1962-01-04 Heraeus Gmbh W C Schmelzanlage zum Schmelzen von Metallen unter reduziertem Druck
US3091525A (en) * 1959-05-01 1963-05-28 Stauffer Chemical Co Deoxidation of refractory metal
FR1331472A (fr) * 1962-05-22 1963-07-05 Applic Electro Thermiques Et C Procédé pour la purification de métaux à température de fusion élevée, notamment du zirconium, et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé
US3219435A (en) * 1959-04-24 1965-11-23 Heraeus Gmbh W C Method and apparatus for producing metal blocks by electron beams
US4108644A (en) * 1976-11-11 1978-08-22 Viking Metallurgical Corp. Manufacture of reactive metals and alloys
JPS5667788A (en) * 1979-11-08 1981-06-08 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Manufacture of cladding tube for nuclear fuel element
EP0146314A2 (de) * 1983-12-07 1985-06-26 Hitachi, Ltd. Verfahren zur Herstellung eines hochreinen Metallbestandteiles

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US3219435A (en) * 1959-04-24 1965-11-23 Heraeus Gmbh W C Method and apparatus for producing metal blocks by electron beams
US3091525A (en) * 1959-05-01 1963-05-28 Stauffer Chemical Co Deoxidation of refractory metal
DE1121281B (de) * 1959-11-07 1962-01-04 Heraeus Gmbh W C Schmelzanlage zum Schmelzen von Metallen unter reduziertem Druck
FR1331472A (fr) * 1962-05-22 1963-07-05 Applic Electro Thermiques Et C Procédé pour la purification de métaux à température de fusion élevée, notamment du zirconium, et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé
US4108644A (en) * 1976-11-11 1978-08-22 Viking Metallurgical Corp. Manufacture of reactive metals and alloys
JPS5667788A (en) * 1979-11-08 1981-06-08 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Manufacture of cladding tube for nuclear fuel element
EP0146314A2 (de) * 1983-12-07 1985-06-26 Hitachi, Ltd. Verfahren zur Herstellung eines hochreinen Metallbestandteiles

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Winkler et al., VACUUM METALLURGY, 1971, Elsevier, Amsterdam-London-New York; pp. 270, 271, 618, 619, 625, 626# *
WINKLER et al.: VACUUM METALLURGY *

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0320730A2 (de) * 1987-12-18 1989-06-21 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zirkonium für Kernbrennstoffhüllen
EP0320730A3 (de) * 1987-12-18 1990-02-14 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zirkonium für Kernbrennstoffhüllen
US5062887A (en) * 1991-02-08 1991-11-05 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Process for chloride removal from sponge metal
US6036741A (en) * 1997-07-31 2000-03-14 Japan Energy Corporation Process for producing high-purity ruthenium

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EP0248396A3 (en) 1990-04-25
ES2040712T3 (es) 1993-11-01
DE3785605T2 (de) 1993-08-12
DE3785605D1 (de) 1993-06-03
KR880000607A (ko) 1988-03-28

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