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US 7,384,447 B2Granted
Coated nickel-containing powders, methods and apparatus for producing such powders and devices fabricated from same
AssigneeCabot Corporation
InventorsToivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, James Caruso, Quint H. Powell, Clive D. Chandler, Daniel J. Skamser
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Abstract
Nickel powder batches including coated nickel-containing particles and methods for producing the same. The coated nickel-containing particles having have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the coated nickel-containing particles.
Claims67
A method for making coated nickel-containing particles, the method comprising:
- preparing particles comprising a nickel-containing material, where the particles are dispersed in a flowing aerosol stream;
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- after the preparing and while the particles remain dispersed in the aerosol stream, processing the particles, wherein the processing comprises forming a coating on the particles, the coating comprising a coating material that is different than the nickel-containing material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.