FEEDSTOCKS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4279277A2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-22

    申请号:EP23201284.9

    申请日:2018-06-03

    IPC分类号: B33Y70/00

    摘要: Some variations provide a method of making an additively manufactured metal component, comprising: providing a feedstock that includes a high-vapor-pressure metal; exposing a first amount of the feedstock to an energy source for melting; and solidifying the melt layer, thereby generating a solid layer of an additively manufactured metal component. The metal-containing feedstock is enriched with a higher concentration of the high-vapor-pressure metal compared to its concentration in the additively manufactured metal component. The high-vapor-pressure metal may be selected from Mg, Zn, Li, Al, Cd, Hg, K, Na, Rb, Cs, Mn, Be, Ca, Sr, or Ba, for example. Additively manufactured metal components are provided. Metal-containing feedstocks for additive manufacturing are also disclosed, wherein concentration of at least one high-vapor-pressure metal in the feedstock is selected based on a desired concentration of the high-vapor-pressure metal in an additively manufactured metal component derived from the metal-containing feedstock. Various feedstock compositions are disclosed.

    SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLE HYDRIDES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP3322670A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-23

    申请号:EP16825225.2

    申请日:2016-07-15

    IPC分类号: C01B6/00 C01B6/02

    摘要: This invention describes spherical nanoparticle hydrides and a method for making them. A method of producing spherical nanoparticle hydrides comprises obtaining an electrically conductive or semiconductive wire fabricated from a base material capable of forming a hydride; exposing the wire to a hydrogen-containing processing gas under pressure; vaporizing the wire by electrical discharge, to generate a vapor phase; and reacting with hydrogen and condensing the vapor phase, generating a plurality of spherical nanoparticle hydrides. A composition of spherical nanoparticles is also provided, wherein each of the nanoparticles contains a base material that is electrically conductive or semiconductive and capable of forming a hydride, and hydrogen that is chemically or physically bonded with the base material, wherein the nanoparticles are characterized by a number-average particle diameter from 1 nanometer to 1000 nanometers, and wherein the nanoparticles are characterized by an average hydrogen content from 10 atom % to 85 atom %.