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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080255291 | Large Particle, High Mineral Purity Calcined Kaolins And Methods Of Preparing And Using Same Disclosed herein are compositions comprising novel calcined kaolins having a large particle size and low levels of alkali and alkali earth metal oxides. Methods of making the disclosed calcined kaolin by calcining hydrous kaolin are described. Applications using the dis... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080233821 | Cellulosic Molded Body, Method For Manufacturing It and Use Thereof The present invention relates to a cellulosic molded body containing a cellulose/clay nanocomposite, wherein the clay component of said nanocomposite comprises a material selected from the group consisting of unmodified hectorite clays and hydrophilically modified hecto... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080182743 | Methods of Heat-Treating Particulate Material Disclosed herein is a method of heat-treating particulate material, such as kaolin. The method comprises providing a feed mixture comprising a particulate material, such as hydrous kaolin, wherein at least a portion of the particulate feed is coated with an additive/liq... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080161222 | Use of Polyaminomethylenephosphonates as Dispersing Agents Use of polyaminomethylenephosphonates as dispersing and/or wetting and/or stabilizing agents in formulations for cements, detergents, ceramic materials, dyes, synthetic resins, and rubbers, drilling fluids, reverse osmosis, as a substitution of or in combination with co... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080138568 | BONDING MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND JOINED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME There is provided a bonding material composition for obtaining a joined body by unitarily joining two or more members to be joined by means of a bonding material layer, wherein the bonding material composition contains flat particles, non-flat particles, smectite-based ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080125524 | Optical Filter An optical filter comprising at least one dye compound (i), at least one layered clay mineral (ii), and thermoplastic substance (iii) if needed. The optical filter of the present invention is excellent in light resistance and moist heat resistance and suitable for impro... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080108495 | Method for Waste Stabilisation and Products Obtained Therefrom A method is provided for heavy metal stabilisation comprising: mixing waste, comprising heavy metals, with molecular sieve with the proviso that carbon-based molecular sieve is excluded, and clay; and vitrifying the mixture. In particular, a method comprising the steps ... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080096758 | Low-thermal expansion ceramics bonding body and manufacturing method of the same A bonded body obtained by unifying a plurality of structural members exhibiting 0.6*10−6/K or less of absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient in room temperature, 100 GPa or more of modulus of elasticity and 40 GPa·cm3/g or more of speci... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080076832 | Clay Comprising Charge-Balancing Organic Ions And Nanocomposite Materials Comprising The Same The invention relates to clays comprising charge-balancing organic ions wherein at least part of the organic ions are rosin-based ions. The invention further pertains to a hybrid organic-inorganic composite material comprising a polymer matrix and a clay comprising char... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080053895 | Porous Grog Composition, Water Purification Device Containing the Grog and Method for Making Same A porous grog with a body composition of clay and a source of Fe3+. Further, an earthenware water purification filter utilizing the porous grog in the body composition of the filter. Further, an earthenware filter utilizing Fe3+ treatment for water... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080015104 | Ultrafine nepheline syenite A useable particulate nepheline syenite having a grain size to provide an Einlehner Abrasive Value of less than about 100 is described. The particulate nepheline syenite is generally free from agglomeration and moisture free. At least 99% of the nepheline syenite partic... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070244243 | Stabilized Kaolin Slurry and Methods for Improving Kaolin Slurry Stability Disclosed herein are stabilized kaolin slurries comprising a kaolin comprising no more than about 80% by weight of particles having an equivalent spherical diameter of less than 2 microns and at least one stabilizer, wherein the stabilized kaolin slurry has a 28-day pou... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070149383 | Ceramic material, compositions and methods for manufacture thereof The present invention relates to a method of producing a ceramic material comprising the steps of: a) mixing a first clay composition comprising silica and a silicate mineral with a second clay composition; and b) firing the mixed clay composition from step a) to form a... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070105707 | Method for manufacturing honeycomb structure There is provided a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure, wherein a raw material containing Al2O3 is used as the ceramic raw material, and a low melting point reacting substance is allowed to be contained in the clay at least before being... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070087932 | Ceramic building elements A ceramic building element made from a mixture comprising 20% to 80% clay, 20% to 80% fly ash, 0.5% to 5.0% of oily organic material, and 5% to 15% water. The oily organic material may be selected from the group consisting of sediment and silt, the sediment and silt bei... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070054797 | Siliceous clay slurry A clay slurry with a solids content of at least about 60 weight percent and a casting rate of at least 60 grams per hour, wherein said slurry contains from about 61.5 to about 71.5 weight percent of silica, from about 18.8 to about 26.8 weight percent of alumina, and le... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070034115 | Rheologic additive The invention relates to a rheological additive comprising illite clay, smectic clay and an attapulgite suitable for controlling the application characteristics of a coating material for porous bodies. ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060249051 | Compositions comprising fine sedimentary kaolin and methods for preparing same Disclosed herein are kaolin compositions, such as beneficiated fine sedimentary kaolin compositions. The beneficiated fine sedimentary kaolins may be obtained from the upper bed of the Rio Capim Kaolin deposit. The compositions may have at least one property chosen from... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060249705 | Novel composition An inorganic tubular structure comprised of a nanomagnetic material, wherein said nanomagnetic material has a saturation magnetization of from about 2 to about 3000 electromagnetic units per cubic centimeter and is comprised of nanomagnetic particles with an average par... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060213397 | Synthetic aggregates comprising sewage sludge and other waste materials and methods for producing such aggregates In one example of an embodiment of the invention, a method for producing an aggregate is disclosed comprising mixing sewage sludge from a waste water treatment facility with a non-coal combustion ash silicoaluminous waste material, agglomerating the mixture to form an a... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060081371 | Sintered spherical pellets Sintered, spherical composite pellets or particles comprising alumina fines, at least one of clay and bauxite and optionally a sintering aid, are described, along with a process for their manufacture. The use of such pellets in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean forma... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060035778 | Ceramic clay, ceramic formed article, ceramic structure, and manufacturing methods thereof There is disclosed a ceramic clay obtained by kneading a forming material containing a ceramic forming material, wherein the forming material contains layered double hydroxide, in addition to the ceramic forming material, at a ratio of 0.5 to 50% by mass with respect to... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060009348 | Ultra-low residue, high solids, wet cake products and methods of making same Disclosed herein is ultra-low residue, high solids, wet “cake” kaolin and ultra-low residue, high solids, wet “cake” calcined kaolin products, produced by use of wet screening/non-drying product isolation, which are useful in the manufacture of top size-sensitiv... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060003887 | Catalyst-containing clay materials for composites in polymer of macrocyclic oligomers Clays useful as fillers for preparing nanocomposites are combined with a polymerization catalyst by mixing the clay and the catalyst, generally in the presence of a diluent. The catalyst at least partially intercalates the clay or becomes chemically bonded to the clay. ... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050266978 | Siliceous clay slurry A clay slurry with a solids content of at least about 60 weight percent and a casting rate of at least 60 grams per hour, wherein the slurry contains from about 68 to about 74 weight percent of silica and less than about 0.8 percent of carbon. At least about 9 weight pe... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050221974 | Ceramic clay, ceramic formed article, ceramic structure, and manufacturing methods thereof There is disclosed a ceramic clay obtained by kneading a forming material containing a ceramic forming material, wherein the forming material contains layered double hydroxide, in addition to the ceramic forming material, at a ratio of 0.5 to 50% by mass with respect to... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050170945 | Boron-containing compositions for use in clay body e.g. brick manufacture The invention relates to boron-containing compositions for use in clay body, e.g. brick, manufacture. According to the invention clay bodies, such as bricks or tiles, are manufactured by a method comprising mixing into the starting clay a source of B2O2 ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050164868 | Non-heating clay composites for building materials The object of this invention is to provide a non-calcined clay composite used as building materials capable of promoting humans' health and being desirably used irrespective of location, which is improved in terms of strength without calcining clay. Because the non-calc... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050124482 | Silver chloride treated water purification device containing the porous grog and method for making same A porous grog with a body composition of water, clay and combustible material. Further, an earthenware water purification filter utilizing the porous grog in the body composition of the filter. Further, an earthenware filter utilizing silver chloride treatment for water... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050082062 | Extended particle size distribution ceramic fracturing proppant A proppant mixture with an extended particle size distribution exhibits improved properties, such as crush strength and conductivity, as compared with a conventional product with a narrow size distribution. ... | 04/21/2005 |
