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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Mark A. Petrie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Stout, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul E. Penwell, Sausalito, CA (US);
Sigridur Suman, Hayward, CA (US);
Allen Dodge, Newark, CA (US);
Mark A. Petrie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Stout, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul E. Penwell, Sausalito, CA (US);
Sigridur Suman, Hayward, CA (US);
Allen Dodge, Newark, CA (US);
Ardica Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for producing microcrystalline alpha alane are provided herein. An exemplary process for producing microcrystalline alpha alane includes reacting lithium aluminum hydride and aluminum chloride in a solvent to produce alane etherate, filtering alane etherate from the reactant, combining the filtered alane etherate with a lithium borohydride solution to produce solids that include microcrystalline alane etherate, removing remaining solvent from the solids, creating a slurry from the solids and an aromatic solvent, and heating the slurry to convert the microcrystalline alane etherate to microcrystalline alpha alane.