Pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composites and methods of making the same
Abstract
A method for creating a pyrophoric material according to one embodiment includes thermally activating a carbon foam for creating micropores therein; contacting the activated carbon foam with a liquid solution comprising a metal salt for depositing metal ions in the carbon foam; and reducing the metal ions in the foam to metal particles. A pyrophoric material in yet another embodiment includes a pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composite comprising a carbon foam having micropores and mesopores and a surface area of greater than or equal to about 2000 m.sup.2/g, and metal particles in the pores of the carbon foam. Additional methods and materials are also disclosed.
- Inventors:
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- Brentwood, CA
- (Patterson, CA)
- Livermore, CA
- Discovery Bay, CA
- Belmont, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1043913
- Patent Number(s):
- 8172964
- Application Number:
- 12/329,437
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C06 - EXPLOSIVES C06B - EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS
C - CHEMISTRY C06 - EXPLOSIVES C06C - DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Gash, Alexander E, Satcher, Jr., Joe H., Simpson, Randall L, Baumann, Theodore F, and Worsley, Marcus A. Pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composites and methods of making the same. United States: N. p., 2012.
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Gash, Alexander E, Satcher, Jr., Joe H., Simpson, Randall L, Baumann, Theodore F, & Worsley, Marcus A. Pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composites and methods of making the same. United States.
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title = {Pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composites and methods of making the same},
author = {Gash, Alexander E and Satcher, Jr., Joe H. and Simpson, Randall L and Baumann, Theodore F and Worsley, Marcus A},
abstractNote = {A method for creating a pyrophoric material according to one embodiment includes thermally activating a carbon foam for creating micropores therein; contacting the activated carbon foam with a liquid solution comprising a metal salt for depositing metal ions in the carbon foam; and reducing the metal ions in the foam to metal particles. A pyrophoric material in yet another embodiment includes a pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composite comprising a carbon foam having micropores and mesopores and a surface area of greater than or equal to about 2000 m.sup.2/g, and metal particles in the pores of the carbon foam. Additional methods and materials are also disclosed.},
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