US PATENT SUBCLASS 75 / 498
.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With addition of steam to reformer (e.g., Armco process, etc.)


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75 /   HD   SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES

330  DF  PROCESSES {9}
392  DF  .~ Producing or treating free metal {10}
414  DF  .~.~ At 300 degrees C or greater (e.g., pyrometallurgy, etc.) {7}
433  DF  .~.~.~ Iron(Fe) {18}
488  DF  .~.~.~.~ Reduction to metallic Iron(Fe) within shaft furnace {2}
489  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Externally supplied gas reductant {1}
490  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Solid Iron(Fe) produced within shaft furnace {4}
496  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With reformation of reducing gas in separate furnace (e.g., Midrex process, etc.) {2}
498.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With addition of steam to reformer (e.g., Armco process, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 75/498

With addition of steam to reformer (e.g., Armco process, etc.):

(under subclass 496) Process wherein steam is added to the reformer as a reactant.