Composites and methods of making composite materials
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsYing She, Sameh Dardona, Wayde R. Schmidt
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Abstract
A method of making a composite material includes disposing a carbon-based particulate material, such as graphene or carbon nanotubes, in an activation solution and activating surfaces of the carbon-based particulate material using the activation solution. Once the surfaces of the carbon-based particulate material have been activated, a metallic coating is applied to the activated surfaces to form a composite material. The composite material is then recovered as a particulate material formed having carbon-based particulate material with a metallic coating that is suitable for fusing together for forming electrical conductors, such as with an additive manufacturing technique.
Claims13
A method of making a composite material, the method comprising:
- disposing a carbon-based particulate body in an activation solution;
- activating surfaces of the carbon-based particulate body while in the activation solution;
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- applying a metallic coating to the activated surfaces of the carbon-based particulate body, wherein the carbon-based particulate body includes one or more holes or cavities extending through the carbon-based particulate body, and wherein the carbon-based particulate body includes a plurality of graphene platelet bodies having an irregular shape;
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- wherein an interior enveloped by the surface, the surfaces and the interior consisting of carbon-based bodies with metallic coatings fused to one another, wherein the composite material has ampacity that is greater than a dimensionally identical electrical conductor formed from bulk copper.
A method of making a composite material, the method comprising:
- disposing a carbon-based body in an activation solution;
- activating surfaces of the carbon-based body while in the activation solution;
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- applying a metallic coating to the activated surfaces of the carbon-based body,
- wherein the carbon-based body includes a carbon based platelet body, wherein the carbon based platelet bodies each have one or more holes or cavities extending through each platelet body, and
- wherein an interior is enveloped by the surface, the surface and the interior consisting of carbon-based platelet bodies with copper coatings fused to one another wherein the composite material has an ampacity that is greater than a dimensionally identical electrical conductor formed from bulk copper.
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