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Manufacture of Simplex Ferrochrome by the Vacuum Process

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A vacuum process and manufacturing facilities for the production of low-carbon ferrochrome are described. The vacuum process is based on the solid-state reaction between the carbon in finely-ground, high-carbon ferrochrome and oxygen-bearing materials to evolve carbon monoxide.

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  1. H. de W. Erasmus: US Patent No. 2,473,019, Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.

  2. F. S. Boericke: R. I. 3747, 1944, US Bureau of Mines.

  3. H. R. Spendelow, and H. de W. Erasmus: U.S. Patent No. 2,473,-021, Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.

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  1. Technology Dept. of Union Carbide Metals Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., USA

    C. G. Chadwick

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Chadwick, C.G. Manufacture of Simplex Ferrochrome by the Vacuum Process. JOM 13, 806–808 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378946

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