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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Infinium, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Adam Clayton Powell, Newton, MA (US);
Matthew R. Earlam, Lakewood, CO (US);
Salvador A. Barriga, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard Salvucci, Stoughton, MA (US);
Brian Hunt, Woburn, MA (US);
FEA Materials LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed methods relate to producing an aluminum-scandium (Al—Sc) alloy. A method can include providing an electrolyte bath comprising a first portion of at least one of ScFor AlFand a first portion of at least one of LiF, NaF, or KF; providing a cathode in electrical contact with the electrolyte bath; providing an anode in electrical contact with the electrolyte bath; adding a first portion of SCOinto the electrolyte bath; reacting an aluminum ion with the cathode; applying an electric current to the cathode, thereby reacting a scandium ion with the cathode to produce the Al—Sc alloy.