Patent ID: 8894739

Claim:
A metal powder, comprising: a powder having untreated metal particles, wherein said metal particles comprises a reactive metal, wherein said metal particles comprises at least one of aluminum, magnesium, aluminum-magnesium alloy, titanium, and any combination thereof; said powder mixed together with a solvent and an alkylchlorosilane or alkylalkoxysilane to form a slurry; said metal particles react with the alkylchlorosilane or alkylalkoxysilane to form a reaction mixture having treated metal particles; said treated metal particles being separated from the reaction mixture; and said treated metal particles being subjected to a selected temperature profile to form a treated metal powder having a surface layer of general composition O n RSiX 3-2n , where R=alkyl, X=chloro or alkoxy, and n is in the range of 0.5-1.25.