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Purification of elemental boron

  • US 2,987,383 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1957
  • Issued: 06/06/1961
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1957
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. THE METHOD OF REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM ELEMENTAL BORON, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FORMING A BODY OF ELEMENTAL BORON, SAID BODY SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING A CAVITY AND HAVING AN INNER SURFACE, ARRANGING AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE ELEMENT WITHIN THE CAVITY OF SAID BODY, SURROUNDING SAID BODY BY AN EVACUABLE ENCLOSURE, REMOVING ATMOSPHERIC GASES FROM THE ENCLOSURE, AND SUPPLYING RADIANT HEAT TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE BODY BY MEANS OF SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT, IN QUANTITY SUFFICIENT TO HEAT THE ELEMENTAL BORON ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE APPROXIMATELY TO FUSING TEMPERATURE.

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