US 12,269,041 B2
Spherical composite powder
Edward Dreizin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US); Mirko Schoenitz, Princeton, NJ (US); and Mehnaz Mursalat, Newark, NJ (US)
Assigned to New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US)
Filed by New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/024,949.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,437, filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0101157 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B02C 23/36 (2006.01); B02C 17/18 (2006.01); C06B 21/00 (2006.01); C06B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 23/36 (2013.01) [B02C 17/18 (2013.01); C06B 21/0066 (2013.01); C06B 33/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of preparing spherical composite powders, the method comprising:
introducing one or more starting material powders into an agitation mill that includes one or more milling balls;
introducing a process control agent into the agitation mill, the process control agent including at least two immiscible liquids; and
agitating and milling the one or more starting material powders with the one or more milling balls and the process control agent with the agitation mill to produce spherical composite powders within emulsion droplets formed by the at least two immiscible liquids.