ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,777, issued on Jan. 27.
"Carboaluminothermic reduction apparatus and methods of using" was invented by Martin Samuel Sulsky (Kearneysville, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods of making titanium or a titanium alloy which include providing a first feed material and a carbon source material to a first reaction chamber in which the first feed material includes a solid aluminum oxide. The method also includes heating the first feed material and the carbon source material to reduce the solid aluminum oxide to one or more gaseous species including aluminum. The method also includes providing the one or more gaseous...