US Patent Issued to NAC International on Feb. 17 for "Methods for cold spraying nickel particles on a substrate" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,922, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NAC International Inc. (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).

"Methods for cold spraying nickel particles on a substrate" was invented by Jay G. Wellwood (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein, are methods for providing a protective coating to a storage container for storing nuclear material, the method comprising depositing nickel particles on at least one surface of the substrate to produce the protective coating, wherein the nickel particles are deposited by cold spraying a composition comprising nickel particles and a carrier gas comprising nitrogen. In one aspect, the c...