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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682587 | Fuel cell reformer A fuel cell reformer includes a main body having a first pipe with a second pipe inside the first pipe, a thermal source unit in the second pipe, a reforming reaction unit in a first region between the first pipe and the second pipe to generate a reforming gas conta... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7235172 | Olefin production from steam cracking using process water as steam The invention includes a process for making olefins. In one embodiment, the process comprises producing steam from a process water comprising organic compounds, wherein the process water comprises at least a portion of a product water from a hydrocarbon synthesis pr... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7097786 | Supported rhodium-spinel catalysts and process for producing synthesis gas Rhodium-spinel catalysts with activity for efficiently catalyzing the net partial oxidation of methane at high selectivities for CO and H2 products are disclosed, along with their method of making. A syngas production process employing such catalysts for ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6929668 | Process for production of hydrogen by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons The invention concerns a method for producing a gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and optionally nitrogen, from at least a hydrocarbon such as methane, propane, butane or LPG or natural gas, which comprises performing a partial catalytic oxidation... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6860933 | Process for depositing layers of zirconium oxide using soluble powders A sol-gel process for producing layers of zirconium oxide is described which comprises the following stages: (i) production of a soluble, zirconium-containing powder by: (a) reaction of a zirconium alco... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6624108 | Vitrified carbon compositions Reticulated vitrified carbon compositions which contain particles of Cu, Sn, Zn, Pb, Ni, Fe, or alloys or mixtures thereof dispersed therein and reticulated vitreous carbon compositions wherein some or all of said metal or alloy particles have been conver... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6358611 | Ultrafine particles comprising an organometallic core and process for the production thereof Primarily dedicated to the production of ultrafine particles with good dispersion stability on a industrial scale, the invention provides ultrafine particles characterized in that each of its constituent particles comprises a shell substantially composed ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5330570 | Preparation and method for coating glass vessels Glass vessels are coated by spraying a solution containing 86 to 1,290 g/L of (HO)x Sn(C2 O4)y on the 500° to 600° C. hot outer surface of the vessels. The solution may contain oxalic acid, HCl and a portion o... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5169808 | Metal carbide production from carboxylate precursors Metal carbides can be formed by the pyrolysis of a composition comprising metal and carboxylic acid residues bonded therein, the composition being substantially free of extraneous carbon and also having metal moieties that are not in the substituent posit... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5128003 | Method for the conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to variable methane and oxygen ratios A method for producing oxygen and methane from carbon dioxide, and hydrogen utilizing a methanation reactor, a reforming reactor, and an electrolyzer. Carbon dioxide and hydrogen are reacted to produce methane and water. A portion of the water along with ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4576809 | Preparation of alkali or alkaline earth metal cobalttetracarbonylates and catalysts of carbonylation reactions therewith Alkali or alkaline earth metal cobalttetracarbonylates well suited for catalyzing carbonylation reactions, e.g., the carbonylation of organic compounds comprising halomethyl functions, are facilely prepared by reacting a cobalt (II) compound with carbon m... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4496532 | Ruthenium carbonylates and processes for their preparation The invention provides the novel ruthenium carbonylate anions [Ru4 (CO)11 ]6- and [Ru6 (CO)17 ]4- and [Ru6 (CO)16 ]6-, together with the salts and acids of thes... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4349521 | Ruthenium carbonylates, ruthenium carbonyl hydrides, osmium carbonylates and their preparation Disclosed are the novel cluster compounds [HRu4 (CO)13 ]1-, [Ru4 (CO)13 ]2-, [Ru4 (CO)12 ]4-, [HRu4 (CO)12 ]3-, and salts thereo... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4282197 | Di-iron tri-osmium carbonyl hydride compound and its preparation Disclosed is the new pentanuclear bimetallic cluster complex H2 Fe2 Os3 (CO)15. Such complex is made by reacting a salt of [HFe(CO)4 ]1- and H2 Os3 (CO)10 in a ... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4148816 | Alkali metal mercaptide solvent extraction of cobalt, nickel A novel class of extractants and a method of using the extractants in the hydrometallurgical recovery of nickel and cobalt metal. The extractants comprise a water immiscible organic solvent system containing solubilized mercaptide anions. In an important ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148813 | Nickel and cobalt solvent extraction with mercaptides A novel class of extractants and a method of using the extractants in the hydrometallurgical recovery of nickel and cobalt metal. The extractants comprise a water immiscible organic solvent system containing solubilized mercaptide anions. In an important ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148815 | Amino-thiol nickel and cobalt solvent extraction A novel class of extractants and a method of using the extractants in the hydrometallurgical recovery of nickel and cobalt metal. The extractants comprise a water immiscible organic solvent system containing solubilized mercaptide anion. In an important e... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4097272 | Winning nickel and cobalt with mercaptide extractants and carbon monoxide strip A novel process for extracting, concentrating, and isolating nickel and cobalt from aqueous solution thereof. A cobalt and/or nickel bearing solution is contacted with an extractant comprising a substantially water immiscible organic solvent containing so... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4029748 | Iridium carbonyl complexes The complexes [Ir(CO)3 I], [HIr(CO)3 I2 ], [HIr(CO)2 I2 (H2 O)], [RIr(CO)2 I2 ], [(RCO)Ir(CO)2 I2 ] where R is an alkyl radical, are described. Proces... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4009103 | Method for improving the filterability of aluminum salts precipitated from aqueous solutions The filterability of aluminum salts precipitated from an aqueous solution containing dissolved aluminum ion is improved by adjusting the pH of the solution to between about 4 and 6, adding less than a stoichiometric amount of a 1, 3-dicarbonyl compound su... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3985770 | Method of producing alkali metal tetracarbonylferrates and solvates thereof Production of alkali metal tetracarbonylferrates by reaction of alkali metal with an iron carbonyl, preferably iron pentacarbonyl, in a suitable solvent and in the presence of an electron carrier, the alkali metal being present in the liquid phase. Also, ... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3966886 | Method of preparing and isolating metal hydrocarbonyls and recovery of pure metals therefrom This invention comprises a novel method for the preparation of metal hydrocarbonyls of metals of Groups 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and the attendant method for isolation of pure metals by the separation of a sin... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3957684 | Continuous manufacture of solutions of cobalt carbonyl and cobalt carbonyl hydride in organic solvents Solutions of cobalt carbonyl and cobalt carbonyl hydride in organic solvents are prepared by treating aqueous solutions of cobalt salts with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a temperature of from 50° to 200°C and a pressure of from 50 to 500 atmospheres ... | 05/18/1976 |