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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Okutani, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Hideaki Nagai, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Hideki Minagawa, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Yoshinori Nakata, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Takashi Tsurue, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Masaki Orihashi, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method of preparing a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein a droplet of a melt of a metal-containing material is cooled in the atmosphere of an inert gas or in vacuum and in a microgravity environment to solidify the droplet. The cooling is performed by impingement of the droplet prior to solidification against a cooling surface.