skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Method for preparing metal powder, device for preparing metal powder, method for processing spent nuclear fuel

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1032636

A method for producing metal powder is provided the comprising supplying a molten bath containing a reducing agent, contacting a metal oxide with the molten bath for a time and at a temperature sufficient to reduce the metal in the metal oxide to elemental metal and produce free oxygen; and isolating the elemental metal from the molten bath.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-39
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
8,066,861
Application Number:
12/031,146
OSTI ID:
1032636
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English