US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 4 for "Articles and methods for processing scrap aluminum" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,545, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Articles and methods for processing scrap aluminum" was invented by Peter Godart (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles and methods for processing aluminum are generally described. The aluminum can include compositions of gallium and/or indium such that the aluminum is activated to react with water. In some of the described methods, water may be reacted with a material that includes a plurality of fragments forming a plurality of layers that are in contact with and/or adjacent each other. The plurality of layers may con...