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Title: Method for making metal-nanostructured carbon composites

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1771660
Patent Number(s):
10,843,261
Application Number:
16/009,897
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/15/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, Lee, Tae Hyun, Dorris, Stephen E., and Forrest, David R. Method for making metal-nanostructured carbon composites. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, Lee, Tae Hyun, Dorris, Stephen E., & Forrest, David R. Method for making metal-nanostructured carbon composites. United States.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Ma, Beihai, Lee, Tae Hyun, Dorris, Stephen E., and Forrest, David R. 2020. "Method for making metal-nanostructured carbon composites". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771660.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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