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Device and method of evaporating a material from a metal melt

US10767255B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FREIBERGER COMPOUND MATERIALS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gleb Lukin · Chemnitz, DE
Olf Pätzold · Frauenstein, DE
Michael Stelter · Chemnitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2012
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC23C14/246
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for evaporating a metal melt, the device comprising a first crucible or crucible portion operative to receive the metal melt comprising at least one aperture, from which the evaporated metal may pass off, a second crucible or crucible portion operative to receive a susceptor material, comprising an electromagnetic radiation source, which is arranged such that it can heat susceptor material comprised in the second crucible or crucible portion through incident electromagnetic induction, wherein it does not or only negligibly heats the metal melt in the first crucible or crucible portion, wherein the first crucible or crucible portion and the second crucible or crucible portion are thermally coupled, such that the metal melt can attain a desired temperature.

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