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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Xiaochun Li, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, El Paso, TX (US);
Daniel Earl Hoefert, Manitowoc, WI (US);
David Weiss, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Woo-hyun Cho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ben Peter Slater, Peoria, IL (US);
Hongseok Choi, Clemson, SC (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber.