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Hydrometallurgical process for producing finely divided spherical low melting temperature metal based powders

US4723993A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1987
Grant dateFeb 9, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S75/953
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing finely divided spherical metal low melting temperatures powders comprises forming an aqueous solution metals, forming a reducible solid material from the solution, reducing the solid to metal powder particles, subjecting the metal particles to a high temperature zone to melt a portion of the metal powder particles and to form droplets and cooling the droplets to form essentially spherical metal particles.

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