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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
W. Lee Perry, Jemez Springs, NM (US);
John C. Weigle, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
W. Lee Perry, Jemez Springs, NM (US);
John C. Weigle, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for producing carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles comprising a container for entraining particles in an aerosol gas, providing an inlet for carbon-containing gas, providing an inlet for plasma gas, a proximate torch for mixing the aerosol gas, the carbon-containing gas, and the plasma gas, bombarding the mixed gases with microwaves, and providing a collection device for gathering the resulting carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for making hollow carbon nano- or micro-scale spheres.