Systems and methods for synthesis of spheroidized metal powders
Assignee6K Inc.
InventorsSunil Bhalchandra Badwe, Scott Joseph Turchetti, Sudip Bhattacharya, Makhlouf Redjdal
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and method for processing feedstock materials using microwave plasma processing. Specifically, the feedstock materials disclosed herein pertain to metal powders. Microwave plasma processing can be used to spheroidize the metal powders and form metal nitride or metal carbide powders. The stoichiometry of the metal nitride or metal carbide powders can be controlled by changing the composition of the plasma gas and the residence time of the feedstock materials during plasma processing.
Claims16
A spheroidized titanium nitride powder comprising:
- a plurality of titanium nitride particles exhibiting a substantially spherical shape,
- the plurality of titanium nitride particles comprising a particle-size distribution between 15-106 microns and
- the plurality of titanium nitride particles comprising at least one of the following phases:
- α-Ti, TiN, Ti2N, or TiN2,
- wherein the spheroidized titanium nitride powder is synthesized by processing a solid feedstock, and
- wherein the plurality of particles comprise titanium nitride throughout the particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.