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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Suryanarayan G. Sankar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Satoru Simizu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Brian J. Zande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard T. Obermyer, Delmont, PA (US);
Suryanarayan G. Sankar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Satoru Simizu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Brian J. Zande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard T. Obermyer, Delmont, PA (US);
Advanced Materials Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of making iron nitride powder is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing an iron-based starting material; b) reducing the starting material by heating the starting material in a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a reducing agent; c) nitriding the material obtained from step (b) by contacting the material with a nitrogen source. Also provided is the iron nitride powder made by the above method.