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Method for making metal-nanostructured carbon composites

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1771660
A method for making covetic metal-nanostructured carbon composites or compositions is described herein. This method is advantageous, in that it provides substantially oxygen-free covetic materials and allows precise control of the composition of the covetic material to be produced. The method comprises introducing carbon into a molten metal in a heated reactor under low oxygen partial pressure, while passing an electric current through the molten metal. The reactor is heated at a temperature sufficient to form a network of nanostructured carbon within a matrix of the metal. After heating the covetic material is recovered from the reactor.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357;
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
10,843,261
Application Number:
16/009,897
OSTI ID:
1771660
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Novel Metal-Matrix Composites With Integrally-Bound Nanoscale Carbon report May 2012
Fabrication and Cold Drawing of Copper Covetic Nanostructured Carbon Composites/ Otrzymywanie Oraz Ciągnienia Kompozytów Miedzianych Typu Covetic O Strukturze Nanometrycznej journal December 2014
Novel metal-carbon nanomaterials: A review on covetics journal June 2017

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