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Title: Production of nanocrystalline metal powders via combustion reaction synthesis

Abstract

Nanocrystalline metal powders comprising tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium and/or niobium can be synthesized using a combustion reaction. Methods for synthesizing the nanocrystalline metal powders are characterized by forming a combustion synthesis solution by dissolving in water an oxidizer, a fuel, and a base-soluble, ammonium precursor of tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium, or niobium in amounts that yield a stoichiometric burn when combusted. The combustion synthesis solution is then heated to a temperature sufficient to substantially remove water and to initiate a self-sustaining combustion reaction. The resulting powder can be subsequently reduced to metal form by heating in a reducing gas environment.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1406578
Patent Number(s):
9802834
Application Number:
12/700,923
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Feb 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Frye, John G., Weil, Kenneth Scott, Lavender, Curt A., and Kim, Jin Yong. Production of nanocrystalline metal powders via combustion reaction synthesis. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Frye, John G., Weil, Kenneth Scott, Lavender, Curt A., & Kim, Jin Yong. Production of nanocrystalline metal powders via combustion reaction synthesis. United States.
Frye, John G., Weil, Kenneth Scott, Lavender, Curt A., and Kim, Jin Yong. Tue . "Production of nanocrystalline metal powders via combustion reaction synthesis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1406578.
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