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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947248 | Pyrolyzed rubber products and processes A pyrolysis process is provided. The process includes the steps of: depositing a quantity of waste into a porous container, the porous container adapted to allow a convective stream of substantially anaerobic gas to flow therethrough; inserting the porous container ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7655209 | Process for production of carbon black Off-gas from a carbon black furnace is employed as a combustion gas feed stream to the burner or combustion zone of the same or a different carbon black furnace in accordance with certain embodiments, suitable conduit and valving is provided to pass off-gas, from wh... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7485280 | Carbon black To provide carbon black which improves the electrical conductivity and flowability of a resin composition. Carbon black characterized by having the following characteristics: 24M4DBP absorption: At least 130 cm3/1... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7431909 | Process for production of carbon black Off-gas from a carbon black furnace is employed as a combustion gas feed stream to the burner or combustion zone of the same or a different carbon black furnace in accordance with certain embodiments, suitable conduit and valving is provided to pass off-gas, from wh... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432015 | Negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery comprising the same The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery of the present invention includes a carbonaceous material and a silicon-based compound represented by Formula 1: Si(1-y)MyO1+x (1) where 0 | 10/07/2008 |
| 7358004 | Carbon black, electrocatalyst carrier formed from carbon black, and electrocatalyst and electrochemical device using carrier A carbon black is provided which is useful as an electrocatalyst carrier. The carbon black has a DBP oil absorption of 170 to 300 cm3/100 g, a specific surface area as measured by a BET method of 250 to 400 m2/g, a primary particle diameter val... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347982 | Apparatus and method for recovering carbon black from pyrolysis byproducts A system (10), process and apparatus are disclosed for purifying carbon black (15) containing sulfur and metal oxide impurities by digesting (20) the impure carbon black in an acid to extract the metal oxide (25). Sulfur (45) is th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7300964 | Carbon black Carbon black having organic groups, the organic group containing a thiocyanate group. Also described is a process for the production of the carbon black, wherein carbon black is reacted with organic compounds containing a C—C double or triple bond, which is not pa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294314 | Heat exchangers with novel ball joints and assemblies and processes using such heat exchangers What is disclosed herein deals with low to medium pressure, high temperature, all ceramic, air-to-air, indirect heat exchangers, novel ball joints, high load-bearing ceramic tube sheets, and tube seal extenders for ceramic tubes that are useful in such heat exchange... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267809 | Burner and method for the chemical reaction of two gas streams The invention relates to a burner with a burner head (1) and a gas feed pipe (2) that is located in the burner head (1) and that is surrounded by an ring channel (3) for feed of another gas. In the gas feed pipe (2) and in the ring... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7238741 | Carbonaceous material with broad aggregate size distribution and improved dispersibility A carbon black with a ΔD50/M greater than about 0.9 was produced. The carbon black has an aggregate heterogeneity index (HI) via QTM of greater than about 2.3. The carbon black has a ΔD50 via DCP of greater than about 0.07 μm. The QTM-HI of the present carbon bla... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217405 | Method for producing post-treated carbon black The invention concerns a method for producing post-treated carbon black, where the carbon black is fluidized in the fluidized bed while adding fluidizing agents and brought into contact with a post-treatment agent. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214263 | Carbon black and recording liquid using the same A recording liquid which gives a printed matter having a high blackness, reduced blurring, satisfactory printed-image quality, and satisfactory print fastness of a record such as light resistance and water resistance, and which has a low viscosity, satisfactory suit... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204015 | Electric heating cloth method A method for producing a uniformly heated electric heating cloth comprising the steps of forming heating threads by dissolving a thermoplastic polymer in an organic solvent, adding an industrial carbon which is produced from acetylene to form a first mixture, grindi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195713 | Material for chromatography Granulated products are provided and include carbonaceous particles and a carbonized agent or binder. The agent or binder is preferably a synthetic resin, pitch component, or mixture thereof. Packing materials for packing columns used in chromatographic separations ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172652 | Carbon black granules The present invention is directed to carbon black granules containing a sorbitan triester. In addition, a process for the production of these carbon black granules is described, in which a powdered carbon black or beaded carbon black is beaded with a sorbitan triest... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160837 | Mixed conductor and mixed conductor producing method The mixed conductor of the invention includes an electron conductor made of a carbon-based inorganic material with a main chain having a π bond for conduction of electrons, and a proton conductor made of an inorganic material, wherein the electron conductor and the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157066 | Combustion process for synthesis of carbon nanomaterials from liquid hydrocarbon The present invention provides a combustion apparatus for the production of carbon nanomaterials including fullerenes and fullerenic soot. Most generally the combustion apparatus comprises one or more inlets for introducing an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150911 | Electrical insulating vapor grown carbon fiber and method for producing the same, and use thereof An electrical insulating vapor grown carbon fiber containing a vapor grown carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of 0.01 to 0.5 μm, wherein the surface thereof is partially or entirely coated with an electrical insulating material and a method of producing thereof i... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148285 | Coated carbon black pellets and methods of making same A method of producing coated carbon black pellets is disclosed and includes contacting carbon black pellets with a coating agent to at least partially coat the individual carbon black pellets with the coating agent. The amount of coating agent applied to the carbon ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7097675 | Fast-quench reactor for hydrogen and elemental carbon production from natural gas and other hydrocarbons A fast-quench reactor for production of diatomic hydrogen and unsaturated carbons is provided. During the fast quench in the downstream diverging section of the nozzle, such as in a free expansion chamber, the unsaturated hydrocarbons are further decomposed by rehea... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097822 | Process for producing carbonaceaous solid materials and hydrogen-rich gases The present invention relates to a method of producing solid carbonaceous CxHy, wherein the ratio of x:y is greater than 2.5:1, or a hydrogen-rich gas, wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is heated with limiting amounts of oxidizer to a temperature of a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091274 | Pneumatic tire having a rubber component containing a tin/amino functionalized rubber and an inversion carbon black There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a rubberized component comprising: (A) a copolymer rubber that contains amino groups bound to the rubber and at least 40 percent of the terminal ends of the copolymer are modified or coupl... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7008534 | Material for chromatography Granulated products are provided and include carbonaceous particles and a carbonized agent or binder. The agent or binder is preferably a synthetic resin, pitch component, or mixture thereof. Packing materials for packing columns used in chromatographic separations ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000457 | Methods to control and/or predict rheological properties Methods to predict the rheological properties of composition comprising a filler in a matrix are described. The present invention further involves determining the difference between the work of cohesion and the work of ahhesion for a filler and a matrix in order to ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6926877 | Process and apparatus for producing carbon blacks The present invention provides processes for introducing a fluid stream into a carbon black reactor and for producing carbon black. According to the present invention a fluid stream comprising an oxidant; nitrogen, hydrogen a hydrocarbonaceous material or mixtures t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908961 | Elastomer composites, elastomer blends and methods Elastomer composites and elastomer blends comprising particulate fillers having selected structure and surface area values are disclosed as well as elastomer composites and elastomer blends having improved properties. Methods of making and using elastomer composites... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902708 | Method and apparatus for making carbon black Methods and apparatus are presented for producing carbon black on a substrate. One preferred method includes providing a head assembly including a nozzle, the nozzle including a first injector for injecting a gas such as acetylene, and a second injector for injectin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6863942 | Free-standing and aligned carbon nanotubes and synthesis thereof One or more highly-oriented, multi-walled carbon nanotubes are grown on an outer surface of a substrate initially disposed with a catalyst film or catalyst nano-dot by plasma enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition of a carbon source gas and a catalyst gas a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6803108 | Carbon fiber binder pitch Carbon fiber bundles may be dispersed into substantially single mono-filaments in pitch by stirring a mixture of fibers and pitch at a temperature at which the pitch has a viscosity of about 0.1 to about 5 poise. The resulting fiber pitch binder contains about 0.5 t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6787235 | Consolidated amorphous carbon materials, their manufacture and use A carbon based material produced from the consolidation of amorphous carbon by elevated temperature compression. The material having unique chemical and physical characteristics that lend themselves to a broad range of applications such as in electrical, electrochem... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6780388 | Electrically conducting fine carbon composite powder, catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel battery and fuel battery The present invention relates to (1) carbon powder having a primary particle size of 100 nm or less and an X-ray crystallite plane spacing C0 of less than 0.680 nm, preferably of 0.6730 nm or less, which shows a volume resistivity of 0.1 Ω·cm or less in... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770367 | Carbon black coated with an aluminous layer and process for obtaining same The invention provides a process for preparing a modified carbon black with an adhering layer of aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide. This process involves (a) impregnating a starting carbon black with a colloidal suspension formed by hydrolysis of a solution of aluminu... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6746982 | Porous carbon body for a fuel cell having an electronically conductive hydrophilic agent The invention is a porous carbon body for a fuel cell having an electronically conductive hydrophilic agent and method of manufacture of the body. The porous carbon body comprises an electronically conductive graphite powder in an amount of between 60%-80% by weight... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6699561 | Activated carbon molded body and use thereof An activated carbon molded body, more particularly in honeycomb form and for use as an adsorption filter, can be produced from a mixture including activated carbon, water, novolak powder, clay, cellulose ether, liquid starch, wax, polyacrylamide and soap,... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6695986 | Electrocatalytic enhancement with catalyst-modified carbon-silica composite aerogels An electrically conductive composite is provided having a mesoporous architecture that improves the accessibility of a nanoscopic catalyst, supported on conductive carbon, to a mass-transported reactant, or substrate, thereby leading to enhanced catalytic... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6645287 | Coating compositions comprising high t-area carbon products The present invention discloses coating compositions comprising a liquid vehicle and a carbon product having a t-area greater than or equal to 400 m2 /g. In addition, the present invention discloses coating compositions comprising a liquid vehi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6548036 | Method for producing carbon black A process for producing carbon blacks having lower surface area and structure wherein steam is introduced into the combustion gas stream at a point located a distance "L" from the point of introduction of feedstock into the combustion gas stream such that... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533859 | Surface treated carbon black having improved dispersability in rubber and compositions of rubber therefrom having improved processability, rheological and dynamic mechanical properties The invention comprises a composition comprising a combination of carbon black and at least one surface treating agent selected from the group consisting of quinone compounds, quinoneimine compounds and quinonediimine compounds, as well as methods of obta... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6511645 | Consolidated amorphous carbon materials, their manufacture and use A carbon based material produced from the consolidation of amorphous carbon by elevated temperature compression. The material having unique chemical and physical characteristics that lend themselves to a broad range of applications such as in electrical, ... | 01/28/2003 |
