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This investigation deals with a process for extracting molybdenum metal in well consoli-dated form and in good yield from calcium molybdate, by open aluminothermic reduction. Aluminothermic molybdenum has been further processed both by electron-beam melting and by molten salt electrorefining for the removal of aluminum. The final metal compares very favorably with commercial molybdenum obtainable by other routes.
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Mehra, O.K., Bose, D.K. & Gupta, C.K. Molybdenum metal by the aluminothermic reduction of calcium molybdate. Metall Trans 4, 691–694 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643076
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