MICROWAVE ASSISTED CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS OF NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS AND COATING USING THE POLYOL PROCESS
Application 1514/KOLNP/2005 published 2006-11-24, filed 2005-08-02
A method of forming a nanocrystalline metal, comprising the steps of: providing a reaction mixture comprising a metal precursor and an alcohol solvent; continuously flowing the reaction mixture through a reactor; applying microwave or millimeter-wave energy to the reaction mixture; wherein the microwave or millimeter-wave energy is localized to the vicinity of the reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture with the microwave or millimeter-wave energy so that the alcohol solvent reduces the metal precursor to a metal; wherein the heating occurs in the reactor. (FIG. - 3)
Applicant
BRUCE RALPH W
1594 CHICKASAW ROAD, ARNOLD MD 21012 USA
Inventor
BRUCE RALPH W LEWIS DAVID III FLIFLET ARNE W GOLD STEVEN H KURIHARA LYNN K
International Info
Classification: C22C
Publication Number: WO 04/070067 A2
Application Date: 2004-01-29
Priority Information
10/355,066 US 2003-01-31