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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Orlando Rios, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Hunter B. Henderson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael S. Kesler, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Bruce A. Moyer, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Zachary Sims, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Weiss, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Ryan Ott, Ames, IA (US);
Corby Anderson, Golden, CO (US);
Hao Cui, Golden, CO (US);
Scott Mccall, Livermore, CA (US);
Orlando Rios, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Hunter B. Henderson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael S. Kesler, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Bruce A. Moyer, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Zachary Sims, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Weiss, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Ryan Ott, Ames, IA (US);
Corby Anderson, Golden, CO (US);
Hao Cui, Golden, CO (US);
Scott McCall, Livermore, CA (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Eck Industries Incorporated, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure concerns methods for making a composition comprising a light metal and an intermetallic comprising the light metal and a light rare earth element. The composition also may include a plurality of nanoparticles comprising an oxide of the light metal. The method includes directly reducing a light rare earth element precursor compound in a melt of the light metal, thereby forming the light rare earth element and nanoparticles of the light metal oxide.