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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Eiki Takeshima, Chiba, JP;
Nisshin Steel Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for coating fine powder of a metal, a ceramic, a plastic or an organic pigment with a metal or a ceramic comprising: (a) dispersing particles of said fine powder into primary particles by fluid jet mill treatment in an inert atmosphere; (b) heating the dispersed fine powder in an inert atmosphere under reduced pressure; (c) placing the heated powder in an evacuable rotary barrel sputtering chamber, forming a fluidized bed by rotating the barrel at a low speed and coating said fluidized powder by sputtering as the barrel is being rotated. By this process, fine powders of metals, ceramics and plastics having a particle diameter of 0.1-10 .mu.m can be uniformly coated by a metal or a ceramic. There is also provided an apparatus therefor.