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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
U.s. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US);
Anit K. Giri, Abingdon, MD (US);
Anthony J. Roberts, Chesapeake City, MD (US);
Billy C. Hornbuckle, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Scott M. Grendahl, Newark, DE (US);
Kristopher A. Darling, Havre de Grace, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Alloys comprised of a refined microstructure, ultrafine or nano scaled, that when reacted with water or any liquid containing water will spontaneously and rapidly produce hydrogen at ambient or elevated temperature are described. These metals, termed here as aluminum based nanogalvanic alloys will have applications that include but are not limited to energy generation on demand. The alloys may be composed of primarily aluminum and other metals e.g. tin bismuth, indium, gallium, lead, etc. and/or carbon, and mixtures and alloys thereof. The alloys may be processed by ball milling for the purpose of synthesizing powder feed stocks, in which each powder particle will have the above mentioned characteristics. These powders can be used in their inherent form or consolidated using commercially available techniques for the purpose of manufacturing useful functional components.