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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Krupashankara M. Sethuram, Falls Church, VA (US);
Raja Kalyanaraman, Fairfax, VA (US);
Materials Modifciation, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the production of ultrafine powders using a microwave plasma apparatus and chemical synthesis technique. Microwaves generated by a magnetron ( ) are passed through waveguides ( ) before they arrive at the head of a plasmatron ( ). These high energy microwaves ionize a plasma gas, thus releasing large amounts of energy. The energy thus released is utilized to initiate and sustain chemical reactions between the desired elements being pumped in a spiral pattern into the plasmatron ( ). The reaction products are quenched rapidly in a reactor column ( ) into ultrafine powders.