METHOD OF REMOVAL OF ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS FROM LIGHT METAL MELTS

摘要

Alkali and alkaline earth metals are removed from light metal melts by causing the melt to flow through a bed consisting of granules of a mechanically resistant and chemically inert carrier particles which have a coating of carbon. A suitable granule is prepared by mixing particles of inert carrier material with a cokable carbonaceous material and heating the mixture in a closed reaction vessel to the carbonaceous material and produce an adherent coating of carbon on the carrier particles of the granulate. The density of the coated granules is greater than 2.5 g/cm3.