Articles and methods for processing scrap aluminum
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorPeter Godart
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Abstract
Articles and methods for processing aluminum are generally described. The aluminum can include compositions of gallium and/or indium such that the aluminum is activated to react with water. In some of the described methods, water may be reacted with a material that includes a plurality of fragments forming a plurality of layers that are in contact with and/or adjacent each other. The plurality of layers may contain aluminum as well as gallium and/or indium, and the layers may be non-planar due to the inclusion of bends therein.
Claims19
A method of processing aluminum, the method, comprising:
- reacting water with a material, wherein the material includes:
- a plurality of fragments that form a plurality of layers including at least one layer with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface,
- wherein the plurality of layers comprise aluminum and at least one selected from the group of gallium and indium, and
- wherein the plurality of layers include bends such that the plurality of layers are non-planar, and wherein each layer of the plurality of layers is adjacent to and in contact with one or more other layers of the plurality of layers.
A method of processing aluminum, the method, comprising:
- reacting water with a material, wherein the material includes:
- at least one layer comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the at least one layer comprises aluminum and at least one selected from the group of indium and gallium;
- at least one polymeric coating disposed on the first and/or second surface of the at least one layer;
- and
- a plurality of defects formed in the at least one polymeric coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.