Fluidized process for producing carbides

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CARBIDE IN A DESIRED STRUCTURAL SHAP COMPRISING PLACING CARBON HAVING THE SHAPE DESIRED IN THE CARBID ABOVE A BED OF INERT PARTICLES MAINTAINED IN A REACTION ZONE, PASSING A VAPOROUS HALIDE OF AN ELEMENT FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHROMIUM, COLUMBIUM, IRON, MOLYBDENUM, SILICON, TANTALUM, TITANIUM, TUNGSTEN, VANADIUM, AND ZIRCONIUM THROUGH SAID BED WHILE INTRODUCING A REDUCING AGENT CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE HALIDE OF THE SELECTED METAL TO THE ELEMENTAL STATE, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM, HYDROGEN, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WHEN THE ELEMENT IS FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COLUMBIUM, IRON, MOLYBDENUM, SILICON, TANTALUM,TUNGSTEN AND VANADIUM, AND FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM AND COMBINATIONS OF ALUMINUM WITH HYDROGEN WHEN THE ELEMENT IS FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHROMIUM, TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM, TO SAID BED AND RECOVERING FROM ABOVE THE BED OF INERT PARTICLES THE METAL CARBIDE IN THE SHAPE OF THE CARBON INITIALLY PLACED ABOVE THE BED.