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EP 0 292 798 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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30.08.1989 Bulletin 1989/35 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.11.1988 Bulletin 1988/48 |
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Date of filing: 11.05.1988 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B22F 1/00 |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB LI NL SE |
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Priority: |
27.05.1987 US 54557
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Applicant: GTE PRODUCTS CORPORATION |
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Wilmington
Delaware 19801 (US) |
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- Kopatz, Nelson E.
Sayre, PA 18840 (US)
- Johnson, Walter A.
Towanda, PA 18848 (US)
- Ritsko, Joseph E.
Towanda, PA 18848 (US)
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Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey,
Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Anwaltssozietät |
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Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE) |
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Hydrometallurgical process for producing finely divided spherical metal powders |
(57) A process for producing finely divided spherical metal alloy powders comprises forming
an aqueous mineral acid solution containing at least one metal, forming a metallic
material from the solution, reducing the metallic material to metal powder particles,
subjecting the metal powder particles to a high temperature zone to melt a portion
of the particles to form droplets and cooling the droplets to form essentially spherical
metal particles.