Nanostructured composite reinforced material

Patent · Tue Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1064634

Seals, Roland D ^[1]; Ripley, Edward B ^[2]; Ludtka, Gerard M ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

A family of materials wherein nanostructures and/or nanotubes are incorporated into a multi-component material arrangement, such as a metallic or ceramic alloy or composite/aggregate, producing a new material or metallic/ceramic alloy. The new material has significantly increased strength, up to several thousands of times normal and perhaps substantially more, as well as significantly decreased weight. The new materials may be manufactured into a component where the nanostructure or nanostructure reinforcement is incorporated into the bulk and/or matrix material, or as a coating where the nanostructure or nanostructure reinforcement is incorporated into the coating or surface of a "normal" substrate material. The nanostructures are incorporated into the material structure either randomly or aligned, within grains, or along or across grain boundaries.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22800
• Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 8,231,703
• Application Number: 11/136,878
• OSTI ID: 1064634
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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