The present invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of light metal alloy materials, in particular to a method for producing a magnesium-lithium alloy by a gaseous co-condensation method. The method comprises the steps of: 1) mixing and briquetting a lithium salt, a refractory agent and a catalyst under pressure, and then thermally decomposing to form an unsaturated composite oxide; 2) respectively crushing and ball-milling, and then briquetting the unsaturated composite oxide, magnesium oxide, a reducing agent and a fluxing agent; 3) reducing briquettes in vacuum; 4) making a gas pass through a first condensing chamber of a temperature control device, and then purifying; 5) The purified metal gas is condensed into the condensing phase of the alloy through the second condensing chamber of a quenching device; 6) obtaining the magnesium-lithium alloy with a purity being 99.5% or above by virtue of smelting and flux-refining, and then purifying by distillation. The magnesium-lithium alloy obtained in the present application is not segregated, so that a stable β-phase solid solution or a compound having an increasing purity being 99.95% is formed.

Described herein is a crucible with a rod fused thereon to optimize pouring of molten material, and method of using the same. The crucible has a body configured for receipt of an amorphous alloy material in a vertical direction, and the rod extends in a horizontal direction from the body. The body of the crucible and the rod are formed from silica or quartz. The rod may be fused to the body of the crucible and provided off a center axis so that pouring molten material is improved when the crucible is rotated.

Described herein is a crucible with a rod fused thereon to optimize pouring of molten material, and method of using the same. The crucible has a body configured for receipt of an amorphous alloy material in a vertical direction, and the rod extends in a horizontal direction from the body. The body of the crucible and the rod are formed from silica or quartz. The rod may be fused to the body of the crucible and provided off a center axis so that pouring molten material is improved when the crucible is rotated.

A method for producing a retort for a nitriding furnace, in which metallic workpieces are heat-treated in a pre-determined atmosphere, includes pickling at least the surfaces of the retort, which are configured to come into contact with the pre-determined atmosphere while the nitriding furnace is operating, by using a pickling agent. The pickled surfaces may then be electropolished and passivated. A retort may be produced according to this method and the retort may be used in a nitriding furnace.

A method for producing a retort for a nitriding furnace, in which metallic workpieces are heat-treated in a pre-determined atmosphere, includes pickling at least the surfaces of the retort, which are configured to come into contact with the pre-determined atmosphere while the nitriding furnace is operating, by using a pickling agent. The pickled surfaces may then be electropolished and passivated. A retort may be produced according to this method and the retort may be used in a nitriding furnace.

Method and means for suppressing discoloration during thermal treatment of a product of a magnesium containing aluminium alloy, the alloy contains in wt. % Mg: 0.45-12.0, with a preferred range of 0.45-6.0 wt %. The product, being either an extrusion billet, a sheet ingot, a cast product, or a forged product is heated to a temperature T where it is prone to surface discoloration and oxidation, wherein during the thermal treatment it is exposed to a suppressing atmosphere comprising 0.5-5.0% CO.sub.2 gas with a preference for 0.5-1.5% CO.sub.2 gas.

A thermal treatment device includes a heating chamber which heats an object to be treated; and a moisture removal chamber which is provided adjacent to the heating chamber to put in and out of the object to be treated toward the heating chamber, and in which a vacuum atmosphere is created in the periphery of the object to be treated.

Provided are a heating furnace and a graphite production method both of which allow a carbonization step and a graphitization step to be consecutively performed. The heating furnace is a heating furnace for producing graphite from a polymeric material, and includes a heating furnace body for subjecting the polymeric material to heat treatment. The heating furnace body includes a closed vessel for containing the polymeric material. A gas outlet pipe is connected to the closed vessel, the gas outlet pipe being for letting, out of the heating furnace body, a pyrolytic gas generated from the polymeric material.

A high-temperature forming device for imperfect single-crystal wafers used for a neutron monochromator includes a heating electric furnace, a temperature control system, a die system, a loading system, a vacuum protection system, and an auxiliary system. Where a furnace mouth of the heating electric furnace faces downwards, the heating electric furnace can be lifted vertically or a hearth of the heating electric furnace can be opened and closed. A vacuum protection cavity is formed by a glass cover and a blocking flange, a through hole is formed in one end of the glass cover, and the other end of the glass cover is closed. An operation opening is formed in the glass cover, the die system includes an upper die, a middle die, and a lower die, the middle die is a composite die.

A high-temperature forming device for imperfect single-crystal wafers used for a neutron monochromator includes a heating electric furnace, a temperature control system, a die system, a loading system, a vacuum protection system, and an auxiliary system. Where a furnace mouth of the heating electric furnace faces downwards, the heating electric furnace can be lifted vertically or a hearth of the heating electric furnace can be opened and closed. A vacuum protection cavity is formed by a glass cover and a blocking flange, a through hole is formed in one end of the glass cover, and the other end of the glass cover is closed. An operation opening is formed in the glass cover, the die system includes an upper die, a middle die, and a lower die, the middle die is a composite die.