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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
David Lewis, III, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ralph W. Bruce, Arnold, MD (US);
Arne W. Fliflet, Alexandria, VA (US);
Steven H. Gold, New Carrollton, MD (US);
Lynn K. Kurihara, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a nanocrystalline metal, comprising the steps of: providing a reaction mixture comprising a metal precursor and an alcohol solvent; continuously flowing the reaction mixture through a reactor; applying microwave or millimeter-wave energy to the reaction mixture; wherein the microwave or millimeter-wave energy is localized to the vicinity of the reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture with the microwave or millimeter-wave energy so that the alcohol solvent reduces the metal precursor to a metal; wherein the heating occurs in the reactor.