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CPC
COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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C21C
PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS (refining metals in general C22B 9/00)
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C21C 1/00
Refining of pig-iron; Cast iron
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C21C 1/02
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Dephosphorising or desulfurising
C21C 1/025
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Agents used for dephosphorising or desulfurising
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C21C 1/04
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Removing impurities other than carbon, phosphorus or sulfur
C21C 1/06
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Constructional features of mixers for pig-iron
C21C 1/08
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Manufacture of cast-iron
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C21C 1/10
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Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron
C21C 1/105
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Nodularising additive agents
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C21C 3/00
Manufacture of wrought-iron or wrought-steel
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C21C 5/00
Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel
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or stainless steel
}
C21C 5/005
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Manufacture of stainless steel
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C21C 5/02
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Crucible furnace process
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(C21C 5/005 takes precedence)
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C21C 5/04
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Manufacture of hearth-furnace steel, e.g. Siemens-Martin steel
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(C21C 5/005 takes precedence)
}
C21C 5/06
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Processes yielding slags of special composition
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C21C 5/28
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Manufacture of steel in the converter
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(C21C 5/005 takes precedence)
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C21C 5/285
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Plants therefor
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C21C 5/30
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Regulating or controlling the blowing
C21C 5/305
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Afterburning
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C21C 5/32
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Blowing from above (C21C 5/35 takes precedence)
C21C 5/34
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Blowing through the bath (C21C 5/35 takes precedence)
C21C 5/35
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Blowing from above and through the bath
C21C 5/36
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Processes yielding slags of special composition
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C21C 5/38
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Removal of waste gases or dust
C21C 5/40
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Offtakes or separating apparatus for converter waste gases or dust
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C21C 5/42
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Constructional features of converters
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C21C 5/44
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Refractory linings
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C21C 5/441
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Equipment used for making or repairing linings
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C21C 5/443
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Hot fettling; Flame gunning
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C21C 5/445
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Lining or repairing the taphole
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C21C 5/46
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Details or accessories
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C21C 5/4606
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Lances or injectors
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C21C 5/4613
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Refractory coated lances; Immersion lances
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C21C 5/462
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Means for handling, e.g. adjusting, changing, coupling
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C21C 5/4633
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Supporting means
}
C21C 5/464
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Trunnion bearings
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C21C 5/4646
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Cooling arrangements
}
C21C 5/4653
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Tapholes; Opening or plugging thereof
}
C21C 5/466
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Charging device for converters
}
C21C 5/4673
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Measuring and sampling devices
}
C21C 5/4686
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Vehicles for supporting and transporting a converter vessel
}
C21C 5/4693
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Skull removal; Cleaning of the converter mouth
}
C21C 5/48
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Bottoms or tuyéres of converters
C21C 5/50
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Tilting mechanisms for converters
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C21C 5/52
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Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces (
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C21C 5/005 takes precedence
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; electric heating per se H05B)
C21C 5/5205
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in a plasma heated furnace
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C21C 5/5211
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in an alternating current (AC) electric arc furnace
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C21C 5/5217
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equipped with burners or devices for injecting gas, i.e. oxygen, or pulverulent materials into the furnace
}
C21C 5/5229
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in a direct current (DC) electric arc furnace
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C21C 5/5241
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in an inductively heated furnace
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C21C 5/5247
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processing a moving metal stream while exposed to an electromagnetic field, e.g. in an electromagnetic counter current channel
}
C21C 5/5252
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in an electrically heated multi-chamber furnace, a combination of electric furnaces or an electric furnace arranged for associated working with a non electric furnace
}
C21C 5/5264
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Manufacture of alloyed steels including ferro-alloys
}
C21C 5/527
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Charging of the electric furnace
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C21C 5/5294
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General arrangement or layout of the electric melt shop
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C21C 5/54
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Processes yielding slags of special composition
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C21C 5/56
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Manufacture of steel by other methods (making liquid steel by direct processes C21B 13/00)
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(C21C 5/005 takes precedence)
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C21C 5/562
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starting from scrap
}
C21C 5/565
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Preheating of scrap (apparatus for preheating scrap in general F27D 13/002)
}
C21C 5/567
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operating in a continuous way
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C21C 7/00
Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups C21C 1/00 to C21C 5/00 (treating molten metals during moulding B22D 1/00, B22D 27/00; remelting ferrous metals C22B)
C21C 7/0006
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Adding metallic additives
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C21C 7/0025
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Adding carbon material
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C21C 7/0037
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by injecting powdered material
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C21C 7/0043
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into the falling stream of molten metal
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C21C 7/005
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using exothermic reaction compositions
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C21C 7/0056
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using cored wires
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C21C 7/0068
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by introducing material into a current of streaming metal
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C21C 7/0075
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Treating in a ladle furnace, e.g. up-/reheating of molten steel within the ladle
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C21C 7/0081
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Treating and handling under pressure
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C21C 7/0087
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Treatment of slags covering the steel bath, e.g. for separating slag from the molten metal
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C21C 7/04
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Removing impurities by adding a treating agent
C21C 7/06
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Deoxidising, e.g. killing
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C21C 7/064
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Dephosphorising; Desulfurising
C21C 7/0645
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Agents used for dephosphorising or desulfurising
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C21C 7/068
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Decarburising
C21C 7/0685
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of stainless steel
}
C21C 7/072
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Treatment with gases (C21C 7/06, C21C 7/064, C21C 7/068 take precedence)
C21C 7/076
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Use of slags or fluxes as treating agents (C21C 7/06, C21C 7/064, C21C 7/068 take precedence)
C21C 7/10
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Handling in a vacuum
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C21C 2005/00
Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel
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or stainless steel
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C21C 2005/28
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Manufacture of steel in the converter
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(C21C 5/005 takes precedence)
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C21C 2005/36
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Processes yielding slags of special composition
C21C 2005/363
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Slag cements
C21C 2005/366
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Foam slags
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C21C 2005/42
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Constructional features of converters
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C21C 2005/44
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Refractory linings
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C21C 2005/445
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Lining or repairing the taphole
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C21C 2005/446
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Dry linings
C21C 2005/448
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Lining wear indicators
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C21C 2005/46
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Details or accessories
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C21C 2005/4606
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Lances or injectors
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C21C 2005/4626
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Means for cooling, e.g. by gases, fluids or liquids
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C21C 2005/466
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Charging device for converters
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C21C 2005/4666
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for charging with organic contaminated scrap
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C21C 2005/4673
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Measuring and sampling devices
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C21C 2005/468
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Means for determining the weight of the converter
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C21C 2005/52
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Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces (
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C21C 5/005 takes precedence
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; electric heating per se H05B)
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C21C 2005/5211
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in an alternating current (AC) electric arc furnace
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C21C 2005/5223
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with post-combustion
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C21C 2005/5229
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in a direct current (DC) electric arc furnace
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C21C 2005/5235
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with bottom electrodes
C21C 2005/5258
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with crater formed by down-melting of scrap or charge through electrode or lance
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C21C 2005/527
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Charging of the electric furnace
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C21C 2005/5276
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with liquid or solid rest, e.g. pool, "sumpf"
C21C 2005/5282
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with organic contaminated scrap
C21C 2005/5288
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Measuring or sampling devices
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C21C 2007/00
Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups C21C 1/00 to C21C 5/00 (treating molten metals during moulding B22D 1/00, B22D 27/00; remelting ferrous metals C22B)
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C21C 2007/0006
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Adding metallic additives
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C21C 2007/0012
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Lead
C21C 2007/0018
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Boron
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C21C 2007/0025
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Adding carbon material
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C21C 2007/0031
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being plastics, organic compounds, polymers
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C21C 2007/0056
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using cored wires
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C21C 2007/0062
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with introduction of alloying or treating agents under a compacted form different from a wire, e.g. briquette, pellet
C21C 2007/0093
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Duplex process; Two stage processes
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C21C 2100/00
Exhaust gas
C21C 2100/02
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Treatment of the exhaust gas
C21C 2100/04
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Recirculation of the exhaust gas
C21C 2100/06
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Energy from waste gas used in other processes
C21C 2200/00
Recycling of waste material
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C21C 2250/00
Specific additives ; Means for adding material different from burners or lances
C21C 2250/02
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Hot oxygen
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C21C 2250/04
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Liquid gas
C21C 2250/042
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Liquid oxygen
C21C 2250/06
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Hollow electrode
C21C 2250/08
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Porous plug
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C21C 2300/00
Process aspects
C21C 2300/02
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Foam creation
C21C 2300/04
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Avoiding foam formation
C21C 2300/06
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Modeling of the process , e.g. for control purposes ; CII
C21C 2300/08
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Particular sequence of the process steps
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