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Title: Method for making metal-carbon composites and compositions

Abstract

A method for making covetic metal-carbon composites or compositions by electron beam melt heating under vacuum (pressure <10−3 Torr) is described herein. This fabrication method is advantageous, in that it provides oxygen-free covetic materials in a process that allows precise control of the composition of the covetic material to be produced. The method described herein also can be applied to produce multi-element-carbon composites within a metal or alloy matrix, including high melting temperature materials such as ceramic particles or prefabricated nano- or micro-structures, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene compounds. The covetic reaction between metal and carbon takes place under the influence of flowing electrons through the melted metal-carbon precursor. This process creates strong bonding between nanocarbon structure and the metal elements in the melt.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1650941
Patent Number(s):
10662509
Application Number:
15/261,205
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22D - CASTING OF METALS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/09/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, and Dorris, Stephen E. Method for making metal-carbon composites and compositions. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, & Dorris, Stephen E. Method for making metal-carbon composites and compositions. United States.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, and Dorris, Stephen E. Tue . "Method for making metal-carbon composites and compositions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650941.
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abstractNote = {A method for making covetic metal-carbon composites or compositions by electron beam melt heating under vacuum (pressure <10−3 Torr) is described herein. This fabrication method is advantageous, in that it provides oxygen-free covetic materials in a process that allows precise control of the composition of the covetic material to be produced. The method described herein also can be applied to produce multi-element-carbon composites within a metal or alloy matrix, including high melting temperature materials such as ceramic particles or prefabricated nano- or micro-structures, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene compounds. The covetic reaction between metal and carbon takes place under the influence of flowing electrons through the melted metal-carbon precursor. This process creates strong bonding between nanocarbon structure and the metal elements in the melt.},
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