CPC C21B 13/0013 (2013.01) [C01B 3/0031 (2013.01); C01B 2203/06 (2013.01); C21B 2400/032 (2018.08)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method for producing a homogeneous molten composition and a fluid product, comprising:
producing a first molten metal composition in an enclosed volume, wherein the first molten metal composition comprises iron and a metal, wherein the metal comprises at least one of: iron, nickel, manganese, cobalt, scandium, or lanthanum;
contacting a hydrocarbon reactant with the first molten metal composition;
decomposing the hydrocarbon reactant into at least one fluid product and carbon in a solid phase;
dissolving the carbon in the solid phase into the first molten metal to form a metal alloy from a mixture of the carbon and the first molten metal composition;
separating a homogenous second molten composition from the metal alloy; and
removing the at least one fluid product and the homogenous second molten composition from the enclosed volume.
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