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Technology
Nanoscale’s patented process is a metallothermic reduction, producing high-purity, low oxygen metals from anhydrous metal salts, and typically halides. Our process is a liquid-liquid/solid based process where liquid and solid metal salts are injected into a molten reducing metal.
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SODIUM
Our standard reductant is sodium metal. However, we can use other reducing metals and alloys, including potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum and mixtures of these metals.
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LIQUID
An important advantage of our process over other metal halide reductions is our patented use of a liquid/solid halide feed. This allows us to produce a wide range of homogeneous alloys and pure metals at a higher production rate than can be achieved with gas phase based reactors, and within a more compact footprint.
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SEPARATION
In addition to the high productivity reaction technology, Nanoscale has developed a proprietary process for the separation of the metal/alloy particles from the excess reducing metal.
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POWDERS
Today we are producing hafnium, titanium, and titanium alloys for powder metallurgy applications with powders for additive manufacturing under development.