Patent
Thin-walled monolithic metal oxide structures made from metals, and methods for manufacturing such structures
| العنوان: | Thin-walled monolithic metal oxide structures made from metals, and methods for manufacturing such structures |
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| Patent Number: | 6,077,370 |
| تاريخ النشر: | June 20, 2000 |
| Appl. No: | 09/079,693 |
| Application Filed: | May 15, 1998 |
| مستخلص: | Monolithic metal oxide structures, and processes for making such structures, are disclosed. The structures are obtained by heating a metal-containing structure having a plurality of surfaces in close proximity to one another in an oxidative atmosphere at a temperature below the melting point of the metal while maintaining the close proximity of the metal surfaces. Exemplary structures of the invention include open-celled and closed-cell monolithic metal oxide structures comprising a plurality of adjacent bonded corrugated and/or flat layers, and metal oxide filters obtained from a plurality of metal filaments oxidized in close proximity to one another. |
| Inventors: | Solntsev, Konstantin (Moscow, RUX); Shustorovich, Eugene (Pittsford, NY); Myasoedov, Sergei (Moscow, RUX); Morgunov, Vyacheslav (Moscow, RUX); Chernyavsky, Andrei (Dubna, RUX); Buslaev, Yuri (Moscow, RUX); Montano, Richard (Falls Church, VA); Shustorovich, Alexander (Pittsford, NY) |
| Assignees: | American Scientific Materials Technologies, L.P. (New York, NY) |
| Claim: | What is claimed is |
| Claim: | 1. A method of making an open-celled monolithic metal oxide structure comprising providing a plurality of adjacent corrugated layers in close proximity to one another made of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, copper, and titanium, and uniformly oxidizing the metal such that the oxidation of the metal in the metal-containing structure is substantially complete, by heating the layers below the melting point of the metal while maintaining the close proximity of the layers to form a uniform metal oxide structure containing adjacent bonded corrugated layers, selected from the group consisting of an iron oxide structure, a nickel oxide structure, a titanium oxide structure, and a copper oxide structure wherein the metal oxide structure retains substantially the same physical shape as the metal layers. |
| Claim: | 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the metal is iron, and the metal oxide formed is selected from the group consisting of hematite, magnetite, and combinations thereof. |
| Claim: | 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the corrugated metal layers are triangular in shape, and adjacent layers are stacked while mirror reflected. |
| Claim: | 4. A method according to claim 3, wherein at least some of the triangular corrugated metal layers comprise parallel channels positioned at an angle .alpha. to a flow axis which bisects the angle formed by the parallel channels of adjacent corrugated layers. |
| Claim: | 5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the parallel channels of a first corrugated layer are positioned to intersect at an angle 2.alpha. to the parallel channels of a second corrugated layer. |
| Claim: | 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the angle .alpha. is from 10.degree. to 45.degree.. |
| Claim: | 7. A method according to claim 3, wherein the triangular cells are formed with a triangle apex angle .theta. of about 60.degree. to about 90.degree.. |
| Claim: | 8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the corrugated metal layers have a cell density of about 250 to about 1000 cells/in.sup.2. |
| Claim: | 9. A method according to claim 3, wherein a pressure of up to about 50 gm/cm.sup.2 is applied to the corrugated metal layers during heating to maintain the close proximity of the layers. |
| Claim: | 10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of each corrugated metal layer is about 0.025 to about 0.1 mm. |
| Claim: | 11. A method of making a metal oxide filter comprising providing a metal source containing a plurality of metal filaments in close proximity to one another and selected from the group consisting of one or more of iron, nickel, copper, and titanium filaments, and heating the metal filaments in an oxidative atmosphere below the melting point of the metal while maintaining the close proximity of the filaments to uniformly oxidize the filaments such that the oxidation of the metal in the metal-containing structure is substantially complete and directly transform the metal to metal oxide, to form a uniform metal oxide structure selected from the group consisting of an iron oxide structure, a nickel oxide structure, a titanium oxide structure, and a copper oxide structure, wherein the metal oxide structure retains substantially the same physical shape as the metal source. |
| Claim: | 12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the metal is iron. |
| Claim: | 13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the filaments have a diameter of about 10 to about 100 microns. |
| Claim: | 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the metal source is selected from the group consisting of felts, textiles, wools, and shavings. |
| Claim: | 15. A method according to claim 14, wherein a pressure of up to about 30 gm/cm.sup.2 is applied to the metal source during heating to maintain the close proximity of the filaments. |
| Claim: | 16. A method according to claim 12 wherein the iron filaments are heated between about 750.degree. C. and about 1200.degree. C. to oxidize the iron to hematite. |
| Claim: | 17. A method according to claim 16, wherein the iron filaments are heated between about 800.degree. C. and about 950.degree. C. |
| Claim: | 18. A method according to claim 12, wherein the iron source consists essentially of plain steel, and the plain steel is heated in an oxidative atmosphere between about 750.degree. C. and about 1200.degree. C. to oxidize the plain steel by directly transforming the iron in the steel to hematite. |
| Claim: | 19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the oxidative atmosphere is air. |
| Claim: | 20. A method according to claim 18, wherein the plain steel structure is heated between about 800.degree. C. and about 950.degree. C. |
| Claim: | 21. A method according to claim 18, wherein the hematite structure is de-oxidized to a magnetite structure by heating the hematite structure in a vacuum between about 1000.degree. C. and about 1300.degree. C. such that the magnetite structure retains substantially the same shape, size and wall thickness as the hematite structure. |
| Claim: | 22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the vacuum pressure is about 0.001 atmospheres. |
| Claim: | 23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the iron is oxidized to hematite by heating the plain steel structure between about 800.degree. C. and about 950.degree. C., and the hematite is de-oxidized to magnetite by heating the hematite structure between about 1200.degree. C. and about 1250.degree. C. |
| Claim: | 24. A method according to claim 12, wherein the filter has a void volume greater than about 70 percent. |
| Claim: | 25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the filter has a void volume of about 80 to about 90 percent. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 148/579; 148/516; 148/529; 148/536; 148/559; 148/604; 148/625; 148/669; 148/675; 148/680 |
| Current International Class: | C21D 604 |
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| Primary Examiner: | Nguyen, Nam |
| Assistant Examiner: | Ver Steeg, Steven H. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Kenyon & Kenyon |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.06077370 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |