US934278A - Method of manufacturing nickel and nickel-copper alloys. - Google Patents
Method of manufacturing nickel and nickel-copper alloys. Download PDFInfo
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- US934278A US934278A US47744909A US1909477449A US934278A US 934278 A US934278 A US 934278A US 47744909 A US47744909 A US 47744909A US 1909477449 A US1909477449 A US 1909477449A US 934278 A US934278 A US 934278A
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- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 24
- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 11
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 title description 6
- YOCUPQPZWBBYIX-UHFFFAOYSA-N copper nickel Chemical compound [Ni].[Cu] YOCUPQPZWBBYIX-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 4
- 229910000881 Cu alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 3
- 235000008733 Citrus aurantifolia Nutrition 0.000 description 12
- 235000011941 Tilia x europaea Nutrition 0.000 description 12
- 239000004571 lime Substances 0.000 description 12
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 7
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 7
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 7
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 7
- 229910052717 sulfur Inorganic materials 0.000 description 7
- 239000011593 sulfur Substances 0.000 description 7
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 6
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910000990 Ni alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 3
- 239000002893 slag Substances 0.000 description 3
- OYPRJOBELJOOCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Calcium Chemical compound [Ca] OYPRJOBELJOOCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910000570 Cupronickel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 229910045601 alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000000956 alloy Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052791 calcium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011575 calcium Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000003723 Smelting Methods 0.000 description 1
- FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M Sodium chloride Chemical compound [Na+].[Cl-] FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 1
- UCKMPCXJQFINFW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulphide Chemical compound [S-2] UCKMPCXJQFINFW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- RAHZWNYVWXNFOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulphur dioxide Chemical compound O=S=O RAHZWNYVWXNFOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000007664 blowing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000004907 flux Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000004927 fusion Effects 0.000 description 1
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N methane Chemical compound C VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000007935 neutral effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 235000002639 sodium chloride Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 239000011780 sodium chloride Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004575 stone Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000003464 sulfur compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 239000002699 waste material Substances 0.000 description 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
- C21B13/00—Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
- C21B13/12—Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in electric furnaces
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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
- C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
- C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
- C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
- C22B34/1204—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 preliminary treatment of ores or scrap to eliminate non- titanium constituents, e.g. iron, without attacking the titanium constituent
- C22B34/1209—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 preliminary treatment of ores or scrap to eliminate non- titanium constituents, e.g. iron, without attacking the titanium constituent by dry processes, e.g. with selective chlorination of iron or with formation of a titanium bearing slag
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- nickel or nickel and copper produced in the usual manner in a cupola furnace, a Bessemer converter or a reverberatory nace so that it will be free to the desired extent from iron, and I .place such matte in an electric furnace, preferably an arc furnace, Where I subject it to the action of lime.
- matte may be introduced into the furnace in aliquid condition as it is taken from't-he furnace in which it is made; or. I may take the solid matte, crush it, and after mixing it With lime orlime stone introduce it in solid condition into the electric furnace.
- the matte which is introduced into the electric furnace is heated and is brought into I a molten condition at a high temperature a reaction occurs between the lime and the sulfur contained in the matte so lime combines With the sulfur and becomes sulfid of calcium, leaving the metal free from sulfur.
- the reaction which takes place is illustrated by the following formula:
- I may add the lime in the furnace all together at the beginning of the operation, -or it may be introduced continuously or intermittently.
- the lime sulfid being lighter than the metal, Will float on the surface as a slag, which may be removed from time to time as desired. 4 I
- the slag may be thinned bythe introduction of common salt, fiuorspar, easily fusible neutral. flux which will facilitate the removal of the slag, and I may also introduce with the charge powered carbon which. will effect saving in the waste of the carbon electrodes employed in forming the are, but otherwise does not 'ilecessarily take part in the chemical reactions in the furnace.
- the principle of my invention is the useful application of the discovery that ata high temperature and under reducing .conditions the lime will combine with the sulfur "of the molten matte, forming sulfid of lime the metal free from sulfur.
- An improvement in the manufacture of nickel or nickel alloys which consists in subjecting sulfur compounds of such metal or metals to fusion with electric heat in the presence of lime, causing thereby the combination of sulfur with lime as-sulfid of calcium, the evolution of sulfur dioxid and the production of nickel or nickel alloy.
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Description
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; lfAIML-SIJE; GQPY UNITED STATEb PATENT @FFICE.
DAVID HENRY BROWNE, OF COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CANADIAN COPPER COMPANY, or
CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NICKEL AND NICKEL-COPPER ALLOYS.
No Drawing.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DAvin HENRY BRowNn,
of Copper Clifi, Ontario, Canada, have in.-
vcnted a l ethod of Manufacturing Nickel and Nickel-Copper Alloys, of which the following is a specification.
In the manufacture of copper it has been common heretofore" to metallic state by bessemerizing,'fwhich consists of blowing air through. molten copper matte, which is a sulfid of copper. It is Well known that nickel and alloys of copper and nickel cannot be produced in this man ner, because the oxids and sulfids of nickel do not interact as in the case of oxids and sulfids of copper, so that in the manufacture of nickel and copper nickel alloys it has been the practice to produce matte in the form of sulfids, then to roast the sulfids to bring them to the state of oxids, then to reduce the oxids with carbon to the condition of spongy metal and to melt such sponge into the form of ingots.
The purpose of my invention is to dis pense with such roasting process and to 1 0, duce nickel and copper nickel alloys directly from the sulfid mattel I proceed as follows:
I take the matte, which consists of sulfide of I "powdered car cent. of the matte.
nickel or nickel and copper produced in the usual manner in a cupola furnace, a Bessemer converter or a reverberatory nace so that it will be free to the desired extent from iron, and I .place such matte in an electric furnace, preferably an arc furnace, Where I subject it to the action of lime. The
matte may be introduced into the furnace in aliquid condition as it is taken from't-he furnace in which it is made; or. I may take the solid matte, crush it, and after mixing it With lime orlime stone introduce it in solid condition into the electric furnace. When the matte which is introduced into the electric furnace is heated and is brought into I a molten condition at a high temperature a reaction occurs between the lime and the sulfur contained in the matte so lime combines With the sulfur and becomes sulfid of calcium, leaving the metal free from sulfur. The reaction which takes place is illustrated by the following formula:
Specification of Letters Patent.
produce copper. in a smelting furthe the I Patented Sept. 14, 1909.
Application filed February 11, 1909. Serial No. 477,449.
I may add the lime in the furnace all together at the beginning of the operation, -or it may be introduced continuously or intermittently. The lime sulfid, being lighter than the metal, Will float on the surface as a slag, which may be removed from time to time as desired. 4 I
The slag may be thinned bythe introduction of common salt, fiuorspar, easily fusible neutral. flux which will facilitate the removal of the slag, and I may also introduce with the charge powered carbon which. will effect saving in the waste of the carbon electrodes employed in forming the are, but otherwise does not 'ilecessarily take part in the chemical reactions in the furnace.
The principle of my invention is the useful application of the discovery that ata high temperature and under reducing .conditions the lime will combine with the sulfur "of the molten matte, forming sulfid of lime the metal free from sulfur. I
and leavin have foun it-suitable in the practice of my or any other lnvent-ion in treating matte containing 22 percent. 'ofvcopper, 58 per cent. of nickel, .5 per cent. of iron, and 28 per cent. of sulfur, to add to the charge in the electric furnace an equal weight of lime, and if desired,
on to the It is desirable that a surplus of lime should be employed over and above that which is amount of '5 pertheoretically needed to combine with the Sui-" fur in the matte.
I claim as my invention:
An improvement in the manufacture of nickel or nickel alloys which consists in subjecting sulfur compounds of such metal or metals to fusion with electric heat in the presence of lime, causing thereby the combination of sulfur with lime as-sulfid of calcium, the evolution of sulfur dioxid and the production of nickel or nickel alloy.
In testimony Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand.
DAVID HENRY BROWNE.
'll'itnesses JOHN GRIBBLE, E. C. LAMBERT.
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US5922148A (en) * | 1997-02-25 | 1999-07-13 | Howmet Research Corporation | Ultra low sulfur superalloy castings and method of making |
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| US5922148A (en) * | 1997-02-25 | 1999-07-13 | Howmet Research Corporation | Ultra low sulfur superalloy castings and method of making |
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