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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Curtis E. Johnson, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Kelvin T. Higa, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Roger M. Sullivan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Curtis E. Johnson, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Kelvin T. Higa, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Roger M. Sullivan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process to increase the fluidity of metal powders by surface modification with alkylsilane reagents. This invention generally discloses that the most efficient process results from treatment with methyltrichlorosilane in hexane. In particular, the fluidity of aluminum powders having mean diameters smaller than 10 micrometers was considerably improved by the process of embodiments of the invention.