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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Applicants:
W. Lee Perry, Jemez Springs, NM (US);
John C. Weigle, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Inventors:
W. Lee Perry, Jemez Springs, NM (US);
John C. Weigle, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01C 5/00 (2006.01); C01B 13/14 (2006.01); D01F 9/12 (2006.01); C01B 31/02 (2006.01); H05H 1/26 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of making carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles comprising entraining particles in an aerosol gas, providing a carbon-containing gas, providing a plasma gas, mixing the aerosol gas, the carbon-containing gas, and the plasma gas proximate a torch, bombarding the mixed gases with microwaves, and collecting resulting carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles.