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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Alexander E. Gash, Brentwood, CA (US);
Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Patterson, CA (US);
Randall L. Simpson, Livermore, CA (US);
Theodore F. Baumann, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Marcus A. Worsley, Belmont, CA (US);
Alexander E. Gash, Brentwood, CA (US);
Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Patterson, CA (US);
Randall L. Simpson, Livermore, CA (US);
Theodore F. Baumann, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Marcus A. Worsley, Belmont, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for creating a pyrophoric material according to one embodiment includes thermally activating a carbon foam for creating micropores therein; contacting the activated carbon foam with a liquid solution comprising a metal salt for depositing metal ions in the carbon foam; and reducing the metal ions in the foam to metal particles. A pyrophoric material in yet another embodiment includes a pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composite comprising a carbon foam having micropores and mesopores and a surface area of greater than or equal to about 2000 m/g, and metal particles in the pores of the carbon foam. Additional methods and materials are also disclosed.