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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7713506 | Metal aminoboranes Metal aminoboranes of the formula M(NH2BH3)n have been synthesized. Metal aminoboranes are hydrogen storage materials. Metal aminoboranes are also precursors for synthesizing other metal aminoboranes. Metal aminoboranes can be dehydr... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7381390 | Method for manufacturing magnesium borohydride Disclosed herein is a method comprising reacting a metal borohydride with a metal chloride composition that comprises magnesium chloride in a solvent to form a reaction mixture; wherein either the metal borohydride, the metal chloride composition or both the metal b... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7288236 | Process for the preparation of lithium borohydride A process for the preparation of lithium borohydride by reaction of lithium hydride with boron trifluoride is described, in which lithium hydride is reacted with boron trifluoride in a molar ratio LiH:BF3 of >4.1:1, the reaction being carried out in an et... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7247286 | Process for production of sodium borohydride from sodium aluminum hydride with recycle of byproducts A process for production of sodium borohydride. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a boric acid ester, B(OR)3 and sodium aluminum hydride to produce sodium borohydride and Al(OR)3; and (b) combining Al(OR)3 and sulfuri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7029641 | Method of making lithium borohydride The present invention relates to a method of making lithium borohydride that gives high yields while maintaining ease of purification. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6524542 | Processes for synthesizing borohydride compounds Processes for synthesizing borohydride compounds with reduced energy requirements are disclosed.... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5489673 | Iodinated borane cage molecules as X-ray contrast media Highly iodinated borane and carborane cage molecules, having from 60% to 90% w/w iodine, are disclosed as new and useful X-ray contrast media when combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The inclusion of appropriate functional group substitue... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5277932 | CVD method for forming metal boride films using metal borane cluster compounds Metal or metal boride films are deposited by CVD using a metal borane cluster compound as a precursor. For a nickel film, NiCl2 is vaporized in a reactor tube in the presence of B10 H14 or another polyborane. For an alumin... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5169613 | Method for the preparation of boron nitride using ammonia-monohaloborane The invention relates to the synthesis of ammonia-haloboranes, and in particular, H3 NBH2 Cl, which materials are useful for the produciton of amorphous boron nitride and crystalline turbostratic boron nitride by heating.... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5087592 | Method of producing platelets of borides of refractory metals A method of producing platelets of refractory metal borides and the platelets so-produced. The method involves reacting an oxide of a refractory metal or a precursor thereof and B2 O3 or a precursor thereof with carbon or a carbon pr... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4828606 | Process for preparing intermetallic compounds or hydrides thereof Intermetallic compounds and hydrides thereof, characterized in that they have been prepared by reacting hydrides of the elements of the main groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, magnesium hydridehalides or magnesium dialkyls having the general ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4233051 | Method for producing calcium borates A method of precipitating calcium borates from an aqueous mixture of calcium chloride and borax is disclosed. The yield of calcium borate precipitates can be increased by increasing the concentration of borax. Preferably, an increase in the calcium concen... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4153672 | Synthesis of tetradecahydroundecaborate (-1) from borohydride ion The tetradecahydroundecaborate(-1) anion is synthesized from a metal borohydride by heating a suspension of the borohydride ion in a solvent, such as diglyme, with agitation at a temperature of from 85° C. to about 135° C. and adding an alkyl halide. Th... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4115520 | Process for the synthesis of tetradecahydroundecaborate compounds Tetradecahydroundecaborate compounds, MB11 H14, wherein M represents a monovalent cation are prepared by the reaction of the corresponding octahydroborate compounds, MB3 H8, with boron trifluoride. The reaction ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4002726 | Method of recycling lithium borate to lithium borohydride through methyl borate This invention provides a method for the recycling of lithium borate to lithium borohydride which can be reacted with water to generate hydrogen for utilization as a fuel. The lithium borate by-product of the hydrogen generation reaction is reacted with h... | 01/11/1977 |