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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Patuxent River, MD (US);
Craig Matzdorf, Hollywood, MD (US);
Michael Brindza, Leonardtown, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of creating aluminum powder, the method comprising of blending and melting aluminum of a purity from about 99% to about 99.999% with an embrittling element or combination of embrittling elements selected from the group consisting of silicon in the amount of 1 to 30% by weight and germanium; mixing together the melted aluminum and embrittling elements such that an alloy is created; cooling the mixed alloy; cutting the cooled alloy into smaller pieces; crushing the cut pieces; and, pulverizing and milling the crushed pieces into particles with a size of less than 200 micrometers.