Packaging water-reactive aluminum
AssigneeLtag Systems LLC
InventorsJonathan T. Slocum, Alexander H. Slocum
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Abstract
A method of packaging water-reactive aluminum may include directing at least one discrete object into a container, the at least one discrete object including an aluminum alloy, the aluminum alloy plastically deformed and non-recrystallized, introducing, into the container, a liquid metal alloy including one or more activation metals, enclosing the at least one discrete object and the liquid metal alloy with one another in the container to form a kit, for a predetermined period, exposing the kit to a heating environment, and agitating the at least one discrete object and the liquid metal alloy in the container in the heating environment during the predetermined period to form the kit into a packaged unit of water-reactive aluminum.
Claims8
A kit treatable to form a packaged unit of water-reactive aluminum, the kit comprising:
- a container including a lining defining at least a portion of a reservoir sealed from an environment outside of the container;
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- at least one discrete object disposed in the reservoir, the at least one discrete object including an aluminum alloy and one or more activation metals, each of the aluminum alloy and the one or more activation metals plastically deformed and non-recrystallized in the at least one discrete object, the at least one discrete object inert with respect to the lining of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.