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Class Number: 75 Class Title: SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES Subclass Subclass Number Title 300 COMPOSITIONS 301 .Reactive furnace lining 302 .Welding rod or electrode defined by composition 303 .Solid treating composition for liquid metal (e.g., flux, slagging agent, casting agent, etc.) or charge 304 ..In wire, container, or article with surface feature 305 ..For casting or teeming operation 306 ..For electrothermic operation (e.g., electroslag remelting, etc.) 307 ..Containing Boron(B) compound 308 ..Containing Halide 309 ...Containing Fluoride 310 ....And consolidated 311 ...And consolidated 312 ..Containing Carbide 313 ..Composition for or from consolidating by agglomerating, calcinating, compacting, indurating, roasting, sintering, or solidifying from molten mass 314 ...Containing free metal 315 ....Aluminum(Al) or Magnesium(Mg) as free metal 316 ....Iron(Fe), Iron scrap, or Iron alloy as free metal 317 .....And coal, coke, pitch, asphalt, or tar 318 .....And clay (e.g., bentonite, montmorillonite, etc.), cement, or Alkali metal silicate 319 ...Containing Iron(Fe) compound 320 ....And coal, coke, pitch, asphalt, or tar 321 ....And synthetic polymer, natural polymer, or carbohydrate 322 ....And clay (e.g., bentonite, montmorillonite, etc.), cement, or Alkali metal silicate 323 ....And Alkaline earth metal compound or Aluminum(Al) compound 324 ...Containing Zinc(Zn) compound 325 ...Containing coal, coke, pitch, asphalt, or tar 326 ...Containing clay (e.g., bentonite, montmorillonite, etc.), cement, or Alkali metal silicate 327 ...Containing Alkaline earth metal compound or Aluminum(Al) compound 328 ..Containing free metal 329 ..Containing Alkaline earth metal compound or Aluminum(Al) compound 228 .Consolidated metal powder compositions 229 ..Flake or fibrous constituent or fibrous grain structure 230 ..With nonmetal constituent - Silicon(Si) considered a metal (e.g., cermet, etc.) 231 ...Molybdenum sulfide or functional constituent (e.g., lubricant, abrasive, etc.) 232 ...Oxide containing 233 ....With another nonmetal 234 ....Oxygen(O) associated with more than one metal 235 ....Oxide of Aluminum(Al), Beryllium(Be), Magnesium(Mg), Alkaline earth metal, Scandium(Sc), Yttrium(Y), Lanthanidee metal, Actinide metal, Titanium (Ti), Zirconium(Zr), or Hafnium(Hf) 236 ...Carbide containing 237 ....With another nonmetal 238 .....Nonmetal is Boron(B) or Nitrogen(N) 239 ....Carbide only of Vanadium(V), Niobium(Nb) or Columbium(Cb), or Tantalum(Ta) 240 ....Carbide only of Chromium(Cr), Molybdenum(Mo), or Tungsten(W) 241 ....Carbon(C) associated with more than one metal 242 .....Free metal is Iron(Fe), Cobalt(Co), or Nickel(Ni) only 243 ...Nonmetal is elemental Carbon(C) only 244 ...Containing Boron(B) or Nitrogen(N) 245 ..Base metal one or more Transition metal 246 ...Base metal one or more of Iron group, Copper(Cu), or Noble metal 247 ....Base metal one or more of Copper(Cu) or Noble metal 248 ...Base metal confined to Tungsten(W) 249 ..Base metal one or more of Beryllium(Be), Magnesium(Mg), or Aluminum(Al) 250 ...Base metal is Beryllium(Be) only 255 .Loose particulate mixture (i.e., composition) containing metal particles 252 ..Mixture contains particles of nonmetal 253 ...Halogen containing particles 254 ...Boron(B) containing particles 330 PROCESSES 331 .Producing solid particulate free metal directly from liquid metal (e.g., liquid comminuting, etc.) 332 ..With subsequent coating of the particles 333 ..Utilizing centrifugal force or rotating forming zone to comminute liquid metal 334 ...Including directing liquid metal onto rotating disc 335 ..By vibrating or agitating 336 ..Utilizing electrothermic energy to comminute 337 ..By impinging plural liquid streams 338 ..By impinging or atomizing with gaseous jet or blast 339 ...Gas used is air 340 ..By extrusion spraying or gravity fall through orifice 341 ...Into moving fluid 342 .Spheroidizing or rounding of existing solid metal particles 343 .Producing or purifying free metal powder or producing or purifying alloys in powder form (i.e., named or of size up to 1,000 microns in its largest dimension) 344 ..Radioactive 345 ..Utilizing electrothermic, magnetic, or wave energy 346 ...Utilizing plasma 347 ...Utilizing magnetism 348 ..Producing or purifying named magnetic material 349 ...Using Phosphorus(P), Boron(B), or Silicon(Si) or compound thereof 350 ...Using Alkaline earth metal or compound thereof 351 ..Producing alloy 352 ...Including comminution 353 ..Utilizing scrap material 354 ..Including comminution 355 ...Directly from liquid mass (e.g., by atomizing, etc.) 356 ...And shaping or sintering prior to comminutionn 357 ...With step at 300 degrees C or greater 358 ....Use of salt bath 359 ....Reduction 360 ....Use of gas 361 ...Using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions 362 ..Decomposition of organo-compound containing metal or metal carbonyl 363 ..At 300 degrees C or greater 364 ...Combined with step at less than 300 degrees C using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions 365 ....Step at 300 degrees C or greater after step at less than 300 degrees C using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions 366 ...Utilizing a fluidized bed 367 ...Vaporizing or condensing free metal 368 ...Settling of powder in molten metal or salt bath 369 ...Purifying powdered metal or reducing powdered metal compound to free metal 370 ..Using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions 371 ...And settling of free metal from solution 372 ....Displacing by another metal (i.e., electromotive series) 373 ....Copper(Cu) recovered 374 ....Nickel(Ni) or Cobalt(Co) recovered 10.1 .Electrothermic processes (e.g., microwave, induction, resistance, electric arc, plasma, etc.) 10.11 ..With zone melting or fractional crystallization 10.12 ..Controlling process through sensed condition 10.13 ..Electromagnetic wave energy (e.g., microwave, laser, etc.) 10.14 ..Electrical induction 10.15 ...Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.16 ....With induced magnetic stirring 10.17 ....With gaseous treating agent 10.18 ...Producing or treating Aluminum(Al), Beryllium(Be), Cobalt(Co), Chromium(Cr), Magnesium(Mg), Nickel(Ni), Titanium(Ti), or alloy thereof 10.19 ..Plasma 10.2 ...Influenced by magnetic field 10.21 ...Producing or treating Aluminum(Al) or Aluminum alloy 10.22 ...Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.23 ..Consumable metal-containing electrode 10.24 ...Electroslag remelting 10.25 ....Producing or treating Chromium(Cr), Cobalt(Co), Copper(Cu), Iron(Fe), Manganese(Mn), Nickel(Ni), Titanium(Ti), or alloy thereof 10.26 ...Producing or treating Titanium(Ti) or Zirconium(Zr) or alloy thereof 10.27 ..Carbothermic reduction of Aluminum(Al) compound 10.28 ..With volatilization of metal halide 10.29 ..Distillation or volatilization of refined metal or compound thereof 10.3 ...Producing Zinc(Zn) 10.31 ....From consolidated material (e.g., briquette, pellet, etc.) 10.32 ....With electric arcc 10.33 ...Producing magnesium(Mg) 10.34 ..Rotating chamber 10.35 ..Reducing or smelting slag or dross as starting material 10.36 ..Exhaust or top gas reused or treated 10.37 ...With production of electrical energy 10.38 ...Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.39 ..Adding gaseous treating agent 10.4 ...Gas contains gaseous Oxygen 10.41 ....Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.42 .....With charge melting by electrothermal energy 10.43 ...Hydrogen or Water vapor 10.44 ...Carbon monoxide or Carbon dioxide 10.45 ...Noble gas, Nitrogen, or inert gas not otherwise identified 10.46 ..Adding solid treating agent, slag or flux 10.47 ...Magnesium(Mg) or compound thereof 10.48 ...Aluminum(Al) or compound thereof 10.49 ...Boron(B) or compound thereof 10.5 ...Silicon(Si) or compound thereof 10.51 ....Ferrosilicon alloy 10.52 ....Silicon carbide 10.53 ....With lime present 10.54 ...Alkali metal, Alkaline earth metal, or compound thereof 10.55 ....Calcium fluoride (e.g., Fluorspar, Fluorite, etc.) 10.56 ....Calcium carbide 10.57 ....Calcium carbonate (e.g., limestone, etc.) 10.58 ....Calcium oxide (e.g., lime, calx, etc.) 10.59 ...Carbon(C) containing material (e.g., Carbon, carbonaceous material, Carbide, etc.) 10.6 ....Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.61 .....With electric arc 10.62 ..Reducing or smelting 10.63 ...Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.64 ..Vacuum purifying or degassing 10.65 ..Melting or holding melt 10.66 ...Producing or treating Iron(Fe) or Iron alloy 10.67 .Magnetic (e.g., electromagnetic, etc.) or electrostatic processes 375 .Process control responsive to sensed condition 376 ..Removing material from process to sense condition 377 ...Material removed is molten metal 378 ..Pressure sensed 379 ...Of feed gas 380 ..Temperature sensed 381 ...Of waste gas 382 ...Of molten metal 383 ...Of sintered material 384 ..Composition sensed 385 ...Of waste gas 386 ..Characteristic of treated material sensed (e.g., density, etc.) 387 ..Flow rate sensed 388 .Preparing for amalgamation, preparing and amalgamating, or breaking amalgam to produce free metal 389 ..And displacing with a metal other than Mercury(Hg) 390 ..Utilizing a Halogen containing agent 391 ..Utilizing a Nitrogen(N) containing agent 392 .Producing or treating free metall 393 ..Utilizing Radioactive material, producing or treating Radioactive metal 394 ...Thorium(Th) 395 ....Reduction 396 ...Plutonium(Pu) 397 ....Reduction 398 ...Uranium(U) 399 ....Reduction 400 ..Free metal production from sea nodules 401 ..Treating multicomponent metal-containing scrap having an integral substrate to separate metal therefrom by temperature modification or chemical process at least one metal remains solid during separation 402 ...Utilizing molten salt bath 403 ...Removing nonmetal from metal 404 ..Separating liquid metal by centrifuging 405 ..Removing gas from liquid metal by use of gas permeable membrane 406 ..Adsorbing impurity from vaporous or liquid metal 407 ..Filtering vaporous or liquid metal 408 ...Alkali metal, singly or in combination 409 ...Magnesium(Mg) 410 ...Noble metal, singly or in combination 411 ...Copper(Cu) 412 ...Aluminum(Al) 413 ..From metal carbonyl or Carbon monoxide complex 414 ..At 300 degrees C or greater (e.g., pyrometallurgy, etc.) 415 ...Foam 416 ...Combined with step at less than 300 degrees C using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions (e.g., hydrometallurgy, etc.) 417 ....Obtaining metal from photographic waste 418 ....Obtaining metal from electrolytic slime 419 ....Step at less than 300 degrees C using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions after a step at 300 degrees C or greater 420 .....Step at less than 300 degrees C using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions is reduction to free metal 421 ......Noble metal 422 .......Silver(Ag) 423 .......Gold(Au) 424 ......Copper(Cu) 425 ......Iron(Fe), Cobalt(Co), or Nickel(Ni) 426 ....Noble metal obtained 427 .....Silver(Ag) 428 .....Gold(Au) 429 ....Copper(Cu) obtained 430 ....Iron(Fe), Cobalt(Co), or Nickel(Ni) obtained 431 ....Zinc(Zn), Cadmium(Cd), or Mercury(Hg) obtained 432 ....Tin(Sn) or Lead(Pb) obtained 433 ...Iron(Fe) 434 ....With concurrent production of hydraulic cement 435 ....With concurrent production of Titanium dioxide 436 ....With consolidation (e.g., pelletizing, etc.) of solid metallic Iron(Fe) product after reduction 437 ....Reducing Iron(Fe) halide 438 ....Making wrought Iron(Fe)) 439 .....Pouring molten Iron(Fe) into molten slag (i.e., Aston process) 440 .....Utilizing moving hearth 441 .....Directly from Iron(Fe) compound only (no metallic Iron) 442 ......In moving furnace 443 ....Reducing in gaseous suspension 444 .....Fluidized bed 445 ......With melting of Iron(Fe) 446 .......Outside the fluidized bed 447 ......With solid in fluidized bed in addition to reducible Iron(Fe) compound 448 .......Carbon(C) 449 ........Generated in situ 450 ......Using plural fluidized bed furnaces 451 ......Using plural fluidized bed zones within a furnace 452 .....Solid product produced (without melting) 453 .....Cyclone apparatus used 454 .....Using same inlet to feed solid and gas 455 ......Inlet is a burner 456 .......Burner is horizontal 457 ......Inlet feeds upwardly 458 ....Blast furnace reduction to produce molten Iron(Fe) 459 .....Using additive to the blast 460 ......Carbonaceous 461 .......Slurry of solid in liquid 462 .......Liquid 463 .......Gaseous 464 ........Recycled off gas 465 ......Water 466 ......Oxygen enrichment 467 .....Tapping molten product 468 .....Top gas recovery 469 .....Specified method of charging burden 470 .....Defined composition of slag 471 .....Defined composition of reductant 472 .....Defined composition of Iron(Fe) source 473 ....Reduction in closed retort (e.g., Hoganas process, etc.) 474 ....Reduction in rotary kiln 475 .....With melting of Iron(Fe) product 476 ......Iron(Fe) product melted within rotary kiln 477 .....Introducing solid reductant into rotary kiln 478 ......Solid reductant is recycled 479 ......Any part of the charge is consolidated by agglomerating, compacting, indurating, or sintering (e.g., pelletized ore, flux, or reductant, etc.) 480 ......Reducible Iron(Fe) compound and solid reductant fed through same end of rotary kiln 481 .......Mixed prior to charging 482 .....With generation of gaseous reductant outside rotary kiln 483 ....Superposed multiple hearth reduction 484 ....Moving furnace or hearth (e.g., moving belt, etc.) 485 .....Reduction in molten state 486 ....Heating reduction zone by heat conducted through walls of zone 487 .....Shaft furnace 488 ....Reduction to metallic Iron(Fe) within shaft furnace 489 .....Externally supplied gas reductant 490 ......Solid Iron(Fe) produced within shaft furnacee 491 .......With melting Iron(Fe) product outside shaft furnace 492 ........With gasification of solid carbonaceous material in melt (e.g., coal, etc.) 493 .......Using solid Carbon(C) to generate gas in separate furnace (e.g., Wiberg process, etc.) 494 ........Solid Carbon(C) is coal 495 .......Direct addition of gas containing gaseous Oxygen or water to shaft furnace (e.g., continuous HyL process, etc.) 496 .......With reformation of reducing gas in separate furnace (e.g., Midrex process, etc.) 497 ........With plural reformers (e.g., Purofer process, etc.) 498 ........With addition of steam to reformer (e.g., Armco process, etc.) 499 .....Molten Iron(Fe) produced in shaft furnace 500 ....Reduction in molten state 501 .....Gas injection below surface of melt 502 .....Gas injection over surface of melt (e.g., as in reverberatory furnace, etc.) 503 ....Reduction in presence of solid Carbon(C) containing material (e.g., coke, coal, carbides, etc.) 504 .....Including consolidation of solid Carbon(C) containing material with reducible Iron(Fe) compound 505 ....Reduction with externally applied gas (e.g., batch HyL process, etc.) 506 ....Reduction in the presence of liquid carbonaceous reductant (e.g., petroleum, pitch, etc.) 507 ....Melting Iron(Fe) or treating molten Iron 508 .....Vacuum treatment of molten Iron(Fe) 509 ......Free falling stream or spray of molten Iron(Fe) 510 ......Vacuum lift 511 .......With addition of gas 512 ......With addition of gas 513 .....In reverberatory furnace (e.g., open-hearth, Siemens-Martin, puddling, etc.) 514 ......With treating of molten Iron(Fe) with gas outside reverberatory furnace (e.g., in Bessemer converter, etc.) 515 ......With melting Iron(Fe) in shaft furnace 516 ......Using gaseous Oxygen in a higher concentration than in ambient air 517 ......With addition of solid elemental Carbon(C) or employing elemental Carbon furnace lining 518 ......With compound containing Alkali metal and Oxygen (e.g., Sodium nitrate, Sodium carbonate, etc.) 519 ......With Halogen or Halogen containing compound (e.g., Sodium chloride, Fluorspar, etc.) 520 ......With Alkaline earth metal or Magnesium(Mg) containing compound 521 ......With Transition metal compound 522 .......Iron oxide 523 ......Melting solid Iron(Fe) 524 .....Sequential treatment of molten Iron(Fe) in plural apparatus with different linings (e.g., acid Bessemer followed by basic Bessemer, etc.) 525 .....Impinging free falling molten metal stream or spray with a gas or solid agent or spraying (e.g., atomizing, etc.) of molten metal 526 .....Adding solid treating agent in form of wire, rod, or article with surface feature or in container or by plungingg means 527 .....In rotary kiln (e.g., Kaldo process, etc.) 528 .....Injecting gas or nonmetalliferous liquid which gasifies into, onto, or through premelted Iron(Fe) or slag layer thereon 529 ......With hydrocarbon liquid or gas present 530 .......And hydrocarbon in surrounding relationship to gaseous Oxygen (e.g., hydrocarbon in outer concentric tube, etc.) 531 ......And adding solid agent, slag, or flux to premelted Iron(Fe) or slag layer thereon 532 .......Loose elemental Carbon(C), coal, or coke (e.g., carburizing, etc.) 533 .......With solid entrained in gas or injected by gas pressure 534 ........Boron(B) or compound thereof used in process 535 ........Metal halide used in process 536 ........Carbide used in process 537 ........Elemental metal or elemental Silicon(Si) used in process 538 ........Iron(Fe) containing compound used in process 539 ........Alkali metal compound or Alkaline earth metal compound used in process 540 .......Gas contains gaseous Oxygen 541 ........Metal halide 542 ........Carbide 543 ........Elemental metal or elemental Silicon(Si) 544 ........Iron(Fe) containing compound 545 ........Alkali metal compound or Alkaline earth metal compound 546 .......Noble gas or inert gas not otherwise identified 547 .......Gas compound containing Oxygen (e.g., Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide, Water, etc.) 548 ......Gas contains gaseous Oxygen 549 .......With treatment of exhaust gas 550 ........And adding gaseous Oxygen or inert gas to exhaust gas 551 .......Injecting from above and below melt surface 552 ........Including other gas from below 553 .......Injecting only from above melt surface 554 ........Including other gas from above 555 ........Including other gas from below 556 .......Injecting only from below melt surface 557 ........Including other gas from below 558 ......Noble gas or inert gas not otherwise identified 559 ......Gas compound containing Oxygen (e.g., Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide, Water, etc.) 560 .....Treating premelted Iron(Fe) or slag layer thereon by adding solid agent, slag, or flux 561 ......Loose elemental Carbon(C), coal, or coke (e.g., carburizing, etc.) 562 ......Sulfur(S) or compound thereof 563 ......Nitrate, Chlorate, Permanganate, or Peroxide 564 ......Boron(B) or compound thereof 565 ......Metal halide 566 ......Carbide 567 ......Elemental metal or elemental Silicon(Si) 568 .......Aluminum(Al) or Magnesium(Mg) 569 ......Iron(Fe) containing compound 570 ......Alkali metal compound or Alkaline earth metal compound 571 .....Melting solid Iron(Fe)) 572 ......Melting packaged Iron(Fe) or Iron of specified structure to facilitate melting (e.g., shaped bale of scrap, etc.) 573 ......In shaft furnace (e.g., cupola, etc.) 574 .......Without the use of solid, carbonaceous material (e.g., without coke, etc.) 575 .......Using Oxygen in a higher concentration than ambient air 576 .......Using both a solid carbonaceous fuel (e.g., coke, etc.) and a fluid (e.g, natural gas, etc.) 577 .......Defined composition of solid fuel other than nominal "coke" 578 .......With Calcium carbide 579 .......With Alkali metal compound 580 ......In closed vessel with heat conducted through walls only (e.g., crucible melting, etc.) 581 ......Melting scrap 582 .....Separating slag from molten Iron(Fe) 583 .....Stirring or agitating molten Iron(Fe) 584 .....Pouring or tapping molten Iron(Fe) 585 ...Nonferrous 586 ....Concurrent production of Nonferrous metal and other desired nonmetallic product (e.g., cement, etc.) 587 ....Countercurrent liquid-liquid extraction of molten Nonferrous metal 588 ....Fractionation of molten Nonferrous metal (e.g., with reflux, etc.) 589 ....Alkali metal, singly or in combination 590 .....Vaporizing or condensing 591 ......Cesium(Cs) 592 .....Precipitating impurities from molten Alkali metal 593 ....Beryllium(Be) 594 ....Magnesium(Mg) 595 .....Vaporizing or condensing 596 ......Reduction 597 .......Using metal or metal compound reductant 598 ........And Carbon(C) 599 .......Using Carbon(C) 600 .....Treating molten Magnesium(Mg) 601 ......Precipitating impurities from molten Magnesium(Mg) 602 ......Adding gas 603 .......And solid 604 ......Adding solid 605 ....Alkaline earth metal, singly or in combination 606 .....Reducing halide 607 .....Vaporizing or condensing 608 ......Reduction 609 .....Treating molten Alkaline earth metal 610 ....Rare earth metal, singly or in combination 611 ....Refractory metal, singly or in combination 612 .....Titanium(Ti), Zirconium(Zr), or Hafnium(Hf), singly or in combination 613 ......Reduction 614 .......Using free metal or alloy reductant 615 ........Of Titanium(Ti), Zirconium(Zr), or Hafnium(Hf), compound containing Halogen 616 .........Of binary halide - MX(4) 617 ..........Of chloride - MC1(4) 618 ...........Free metal or alloy reductant contains Magnesium(Mg) 619 ............Metal produced is Titanium(Ti)) 620 .......Of Titanium(Ti), Zirconium(Zr), or Hafnium(Hf) compound containing Halogen 621 ......Treating molten Titanium(Ti), Zirconium(Zr), or Hafnium(Hf) 622 .....Vanadium(V), Niobium(Nb) or Columbium(Cb), or Tantalum(Ta), singly or in combination 623 .....Chromium(Cr), Molybdenum(Mo), or Tungsten(W), singly or in combination 624 ....Manganese(Mn) 625 .....Reduction 626 ....Cobalt(Co) 627 .....Reduction 628 ....Nickel(Ni) 629 .....Reduction 630 ......Segregation process 631 ....Noble metal, singly or in combination 632 .....Palladium(Pd) 633 .....Platinum(Pt) 634 .....Silver(Ag) 635 ......Recovering Silver(Ag) from photographic material 636 ......Reduction 637 .....Gold(Au) 638 ....Copper(Cu) 639 .....Treating material in gaseous suspension 640 .....Treating slag or dross 641 .....Reduction 642 ......Segregation process 643 ......Treating matte or sulfide 644 .......Treating waste gas 645 .......With prior production of matte or sulfide 646 .....Treating molten Copper(Cu) 647 ......By vacuum 648 ......Adding gas 649 .......Containing gaseous Oxygen 650 ........And adding solid 651 .......And solid 652 ......Adding solid 653 .....Melting Copper(Cu) in shaft furnace 654 ....Zinc(Zn) 655 .....Treating slag or dross 656 .....Reduction 657 ......Using Halogen containing material 658 ......Vaporizing or condensing 659 .......Treating material in gaseous suspension 660 .......Treating material in blast furnace or cupola 661 .......Treating material in vertical retort 662 .......Treating material in rotary kiln 663 .....Treating molten or vaporous Zinc(Zn) 664 ......Using Halogen containing material 665 ......Vaporizing or condensing 666 .......Condensing with Lead(Pb) coolant 667 .......Condensing with use of molten metal slinger 668 ....Cadmium(Cd) 669 .....Vaporizing or condensing 670 ....Mercury(Hg) 671 ....Aluminum(Al) 672 .....Treating slag or dross 673 .....Reductionn 674 ......Carbothermic 675 ......Decomposition of organo-compound containing Aluminum(Al) 676 ......Of Aluminum(Al) halide 677 .......Of subhalide 678 .....Treating molten Aluminum(Al) 679 ......Fractional crystallization 680 ......Adding gas 681 .......Containing Halogen atom 682 ........And adding solid 683 .......And solid 684 ......Adding solid 685 .......Containing Halogen 686 .....Melting Aluminum(Al) 687 ......Scrap 688 ....Gallium(Ga) or Indium(In) 689 ....Germanium(Ge) 690 ....Tin(Sn) 691 .....Reduction 692 ......Of Halogen containing material 693 ....Lead(Pb) 694 .....Treating material in gaseous suspension or gaseous state 695 .....Reduction 696 ......Of Lead-Sulfur compound 697 .....Treating molten Lead(Pb) 698 ......By vacuum 699 ......Adding gas 700 .......Containing Halogen atom 701 ......Adding solid 702 .......Containing free metal 703 ....Antimony(Sb) 704 .....Reduction 705 ....Bismuth(Bi) 706 ....Arsenic(As) 707 ...Reducing or smelting unnamed ore 708 ...Stirring or agitating of molten material 709 ...Covering the surface of molten metal 710 ..Below 300 degrees C 711 ...Using nonmetallic material which is liquid under standard conditions (e.g., hydrometallurgy, etc.) 712 ....Involving mining or in situ operation 713 ....From photography material 714 ....From electrolytic or cementation slime 715 ....Removing coating to recover free metal from substrate or coating 716 .....From Tin(Sn) scrap or Tin plate 717 ....Reducing to free metal with gas 718 .....Copper (Cu) recovered as free metal 719 ......Using Sulfur dioxide 720 .....Noble metal recovered as free metal 721 ....Utilizing organic reducing agent 722 ....Involving organic compound containing metal or organic agent for agglomerating metal 723 .....Natural or synthetic polymer 724 ....Displacing by another metal (i.e., electromotive series) 725 .....Lead(Pb) or Zinc(Zn) recovered as free metal 726 .....Copper(Cu) recovered as free metal 727 ......And flotation 728 ......And injecting or pressurizing with air or Oxygenn 729 ......From Cyanide solution 730 ......With agitating or abrading 731 ......Utilizing leaching agent containing Sulfur(S) 732 .....Noble metal recovered as free metal 733 ......Silver(Ag) recovered as free metal 734 .......And injecting or pressurizing with air or Oxygen 735 .......From Cyanide solution 736 ......Gold(Au) recovered as free metal 737 .......From Cyanide solution 738 .....Nickel(Ni) or Cobalt(Co) recovered as free metal 739 ....Utilizing chemical agent to precipitate free metal 740 .....Copper(Cu) recovered as free metal 741 .....Noble metal recovered as free metal 742 ....Cleaning, leaching, or dissolving of Mercury(Hg) 743 ....With leaching or dissolving 744 .....Noble metal recovered as free metal 745 ...Alkali metal, singly or in combination 746 .Consolidating metalliferous material (e.g., ore, tailings, flue dust, fluxes, etc.) by agglomerating, compacting, or heat treating; preparatory process therefor; or treating consolidated material therefrom 747 ..Noble metal containing metalliferous material 748 ..With vaporization of impurity as metal halide 749 ..With physical separation or classification of solids 750 ...By sifting 751 ..With heat treatment (e.g., calcinating, fusing, indurating, roasting, sintering, vaporizing, etc.) 752 ...Vaporizing metalliferous impurity 753 ...With leaching, dissolving, or washing 754 ...By suspension (e.g., fluid bed, cyclone, etc.) 755 ...On moving grate, moving pallet, or endless belt 756 ....Using multi-layers 757 ....With gas recycling or reusing 758 ....Sintering 759 .....Of consolidated starting material 760 ...In shaft furnace or multi-hearth furnace 761 ....Sintering 762 ...In rotary kiln 763 ....Sintering 764 ...Coking of binder or additive 765 ...Sintering or with agglomerating or compacting 766 ....With coal, coke, pitch, asphalt, or tar 767 ....With synthetic polymer, natural polymer, or carbohydrate 768 ....With Alkaline earth metal compound, clay, or hydrosetting agent 769 ....Sintering 770 ..Agglomerating or compacting 771 ...With coal, coke, pitch, asphalt, or tar 772 ...With synthetic polymer, natural polymer, or carbohydrate 773 ...With Alkaline earth metal compound, clay, or hydrosetting agent * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 950 CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS OF >95% THEORETICAL DENSITY (E.G., WROUGHT, ETC.) 951 .Oxide containing (e.g., dispersion strengthened, etc.) 952 PRODUCING FIBERS, FILAMENTS, OR WHISKERSS 953 PRODUCING SPHERES 954 PRODUCING FLAKES OR CRYSTALS 955 PRODUCING DENTAL PRODUCT 956 PRODUCING PARTICLES CONTAINING A DISPERSED PHASE 957 CONTINUOUS REFINING OF MOLTEN IRON(Fe) 958 WITH CONCURRENT PRODUCTION OF IRON(Fe) AND OTHER DESIRED NONMETALLIC PRODUCT (E.G., ENERGY, FERTILIZER, ETC.) 959 THERMIT-TYPE REACTION OF SOLID MATERIALS ONLY TO YIELD MOLTEN METAL 960 IN ZERO GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT 961 TREATING FLUE DUST TO OBTAIN METAL (OTHER THAN BY CONSOLIDATION) 962 TREATING OR USING MILL SCALE