Method of making composite materials and resulting products

Claim 1

A METHOD OF FORMING A CHEMICALLY HOMOGENEOUS SOLID COMPOSITE PRODUCT, CONSISTING OF THE STEPS OF (A) FORMING A SOLUTION OF MIXED METALLIC SALTS THERMALLY DECOMPOSABLE TO METALLIC OXIDES,; AND (B) INTRODUCING SAID SOLUTION IN THE FORM OF ATOMIZED DROPLETS BENEATH THE SOLID-GAS INTERFACE OF A FLUIDIZED BED TO CAUSE THE SOLUTION DROPLETS TO IMPINGE ON HOT FLUIDIZED BED PARTICLES, THE TEMPERATURE AND SIZE OF SAID PARTICLES BEING SUCH THAT THEY APPLY TO THE ATOMIZED DROPLETS A TERMAL LOAD OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY AND COMPLETELY DEHYDRATE AND DECOMPOSE SAID SOLUTION BEFORE ANY APPRECIABLE DIFFUSING OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE RESULTING SOLID PRODUCT CAN EFFECT SEGRETATION OF SAID COMPONENTS THEREBY FORMING A SOLID POWDER PARTICLE WHICH IS A CHEMICALLY HOMOGENOUS COMPOSITE OF THE METAL OXIDES FORMED IN SAID DECOMPOSING.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF FORMING A CHEMICALLY HOMOGENEOUS SOLID COMPOSITE PRODUCT, CONSISTING OF THE STEPS OF (A) FORMING A SOLUTION OF MIXED METALLIC SALTS THERMALLY DECOMPOSABLE TO METALLIC OXIDES,; AND (B) INTRODUCING SAID SOLUTION IN THE FORM OF ATOMIZED DROPLETS BENEATH THE SOLID-GAS INTERFACE OF A FLUIDIZED BED TO CAUSE THE SOLUTION DROPLETS TO IMPINGE ON HOT FLUIDIZED BED PARTICLES, THE TEMPERATURE AND SIZE OF SAID PARTICLES BEING SUCH THAT THEY APPLY TO THE ATOMIZED DROPLETS A TERMAL LOAD OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY AND COMPLETELY DEHYDRATE AND DECOMPOSE SAID SOLUTION BEFORE ANY APPRECIABLE DIFFUSING OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE RESULTING SOLID PRODUCT CAN EFFECT SEGRETATION OF SAID COMPONENTS THEREBY FORMING A SOLID POWDER PARTICLE WHICH IS A CHEMICALLY HOMOGENOUS COMPOSITE OF THE METAL OXIDES FORMED IN SAID DECOMPOSING.