Method of Making a High Efficiency Electrical Wire

Abstract

In a method of treating a material solvent, brass granules, copper granules, and carbon nanotubes are mixed, in the absence of silver, iron pyrite, and graphene, to form a first mixture. The first mixture is then added to a second mixture of brass and copper granules. The first and second mixtures are mixed until all of the granules of the second mixture of brass and copper are uniformly saturated with the first mixture, whereafter the second mixture is dried to form a treated material. The treated material can be mixed with one or more metals in a high-temperature crucible and heated until melted to form a metal alloy. Each of the one or more metals can be a ferrous and/or nonferrous metal. The melted metal alloy can be poured into a mold and allowed to cool and harden. The cooled and hardened metal alloy can be formed into a finished form via drawing through a die; continuous casting; or rolling.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of treating a material comprising:
 (a) adding a solvent to a high-speed blender;   (b) concurrent with or following step (a), adding brass granules to the blender and blending at high speed until mixed;   (c) concurrent with or following step (a), adding copper granules to the blender and blending at high speed until mixed;   (d) concurrent with or following step (a), adding carbon nanotubes (CNT) to the blender and blending until mixed;   (e) mixing a solution produced by steps (b)-(d), which solution excludes silver, iron pyrite, and graphene, into an additional mixture of brass and copper granules and mixing until all of the additional mixture of brass and copper granules are uniformly saturated with the solution; and   (f) drying the mixture of step (e) to a dry powder thereby forming a treated material.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further including:
 (g) mixing the treated material with one or more metals in a high-temperature crucible and heating until melted thereby forming a metal alloy, wherein each of the one or more metals is a ferrous and/or nonferrous metal.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further including:
 (h) pouring the melted metal alloy of step (g) into a mold and allowing the poured melted metal alloy to cool and harden.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further including:
 (i) forming the cooled and hardened metal alloy to a finished form via one of the following processes:   drawing through a die; or   continuous casting; or   rolling.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the brass and copper granules are passed through 100 mesh. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the solvent is acetone. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, in steps (a) and (h), 1.9 liters-3.79 liters (½ gallon-1 gallon) of acetone and 0.45 kilograms 0.91 kilograms (1 pound-2 pounds) of brass granules are added to the blender. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, in step (c), 0.45 kilograms 0.91 kilograms (1 pound-2 pounds) of copper granules are added to the blender. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each instance of blending is repeated for five minute periods. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, in step (d), 1-2 grams of carbon nanotubes (CNT) are added to the acetone-brass-copper mixture. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one or the one or more metals is copper or aluminum. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein in step (e) the mixture of brass and copper is a 1:1 ratio of brass and copper. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the mixture of brass and copper comprises 9.1 kilograms-13.6 kilograms (20 pounds-30 pounds) of each. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein 3.6 kilograms-9.1 kilograms (8 pounds-20 pounds) of the treated material is added to 41 kilograms-54.4 kilograms (90 pounds-120 pounds) of the one or more metals. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein 5 kilograms-5.9 kilograms (11 pounds-13 pounds) of treated material is added to 41 kilograms-54.4 kilograms (90 pounds-120 pounds) of the one or more metals. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein steps (b)-(d) are performed in any order to produce the solution. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein any two or more of steps (a)-(d) are combined to produce the solution. 
     
     
         18 . A method of treating a material comprising:
 (a) mixing solvent, brass granules, copper granules, and carbon nanotubes in the absence of silver, iron pyrite, and graphene;   (b) adding the mixture of step (a) to an additional mixture of brass and copper granules and mixing until all of the granules of the additional mixture of brass and copper are uniformly saturated with the mixture of step (a); and   (c) drying the mixture of step (b) to a powder to form a treated material.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further including mixing the treated material with one or more ferrous and/or nonferrous metal(s) in a high temperature crucible and heating until melted. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein step (a) includes mixing in a blender.