US 11,958,108 B2
Boron nitride nanotube aluminum composites and methods of manufacturing the same
Arvind Agarwal, Miami, FL (US); Cheng Zhang, Miami, FL (US); Tanaji Paul, Miami, FL (US); Sohail Mazher Ali Khan Mohammed, Miami, FL (US); and Denny John, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US)
Filed by The Florida International University Board of Trustees, Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,570.
Application 18/296,570 is a division of application No. 18/065,796, filed on Dec. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,401, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241674 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 1/00 (2022.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); B22F 1/103 (2022.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B22F 1/0547 (2022.01) [B22F 1/103 (2022.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C22C 21/00 (2013.01); B22F 2301/052 (2013.01); B22F 2302/205 (2013.01); B22F 2304/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of preparing a boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)-aluminum (Al) (BNNT-Al) powder, the method comprising:
dispersing BNNTs in isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to give a first solution;
performing a sonication process on the first solution to give a first mixed solution;
adding a first powder comprising Al to the first mixed solution to give a second solution;
performing a sonication process on the second solution to give a second mixed solution; and
drying the second mixed solution to give the BNNT-Al powder.