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Title: Apparatus for producing carbon-coated nanoparticles and carbon nanospheres

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1223689

An apparatus for producing carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles comprising a container for entraining particles in an aerosol gas, providing an inlet for carbon-containing gas, providing an inlet for plasma gas, a proximate torch for mixing the aerosol gas, the carbon-containing gas, and the plasma gas, bombarding the mixed gases with microwaves, and providing a collection device for gathering the resulting carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for making hollow carbon nano- or micro-scale spheres.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
9,166,170
Application Number:
12/326,252
OSTI ID:
1223689
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Dec 02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Foams Containing Functionalized Metal Oxide Nanoparticles And Methods Of Making Same patent-application February 2002
Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles patent-application January 2004