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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Hammond Group, Inc., Hammond, IN (US);
Terrence Hyde Murphy, Chicago, IL (US);
William Peter Wilke, IV, Saint John, IN (US);
Philip Michael Kowalski, Wanatah, IN (US);
Hammond Group, Inc., Hammond, IN (US);
Abstract
According to one or more embodiments presently described, metal-containing particles may be made by a method that includes introducing a molten material into a reaction zone of a reactor system, passing a process gas into the reaction zone in a direction substantially tangential to a sidewall of the reaction zone, and contacting the process gas with the molten material in the reaction zone to form metal-containing particles. The molten material may be introduced into an upper portion of the reaction zone The reaction zone may include a substantially circular cross-section, and the molten metal may be introduced into the reaction zone in a laminar flow or as atomized particles.