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Class 423/492 - Refractory metal (Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, or W)


Subclass of Class 423 - Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Definition: Products and processes in which the metal is of Group IV
No. of patents: 140
Last issue date: 07/12/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7976818Method for recovering titanium tetrachloride from a waste liquid
A method for continuously recovering titanium tetrachloride TiCl4 from a waste liquid comprising TiCl4 and by-products, wherein said waste liquid is subjected, as a flowing liquid film, to an evaporation step for a residence time of less than 1...
07/12/2011
7368096Process for separating solids from a purification purge stream
The disclosure is directed to a process for isolating solids from a purification purge stream comprising an impurity present as a solid, wherein the purification purge stream is substantially free of chlorides other than titanium tetrachloride and vanadium chloride,...
05/06/2008
7232556Titanium comprising nanoparticles and related nanotechnology
Nanoparticles comprising titanium, such as nanoscale doped titanium metal compounds, inorganic titanium compounds, and organic titanium compounds, their methods of manufacture, and methods of preparation of products from nanoparticles comprising titanium are provide...
06/19/2007
7141149Electrodes useful for molten salt electrolysis of aluminum oxide to aluminum
The present invention provides a method of making a carbon electrode, suitable for use as an anode in an aluminum reduction cell, which comprises mixing an aggregate, comprising a mixture of particulate shot coke, and a particulate carbonaceous material other than s...
11/28/2006
7125535Method of preparing anhydrous manganese chloride
An efficient process for forming anhydrous metal halides includes the reaction of a metal powder with a hydrogen halide under anhydrous conditions. In one example, manganese powder is reacted with hydrogen chloride under anhydrous reaction conditions. ...
10/24/2006
7087209Method for producing a halide brine
A method for producing halide brine wherein an alkali and a reducing agent are added to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal., (0.996 kg/L) water, waste water or sea water for example. The resulting fluid is then contacted with a halogen to for...
08/08/2006
7033952Apparatus and method using a remote RF energized plasma for processing semiconductor wafers
Chemical generator and method for generating a chemical species at a point of use such as the chamber of a reactor in which a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer is to be processed. The species is generated by creating free radicals, and combining the free radic...
04/25/2006
7021487Processing method for high pressure gas container and halogen containing gas filled in said container
A metal container to be filled with a halogen containing gas, with the inner surface processed with a polishing agent. The gas has a reduced purity decline by the increase of the water content or impurities from the inner surface of the container which is absorbed b...
04/04/2006
6935050Method and apparatus reducing metal impurities in optical fiber soot preforms
A method and apparatus for producing an optical fiber preform including a metal remover, which operates by adsorption, that removes gaseous transition metal impurities present in a process gas to be provided to a furnace for drying, doping or consolidation. The appa...
08/30/2005
6929786Method for separating zirconium and hafnium tetrachlorides with the aid of a melted solvent
A method of separating zirconium and hafnium tetrachlorides using a solvent comprising firstly an alkaline metallic solvent comprising a salt made up of an alkali metal chloride and an acidic metal chloride A, for example a chloroaluminate or an alkaline chloroferra...
08/16/2005
6896866Method for purification of tungsten hexafluoride
A method for purifying tungsten hexafluoride of high purity, capable of producing tungsten hexafluoride of higher purity than that of the related art, readily and at a low cost. A method for purifying tungsten hexafluoride of high purity, characterized in that tungs...
05/24/2005
6841141System for in-situ generation of fluorine radicals and/or fluorine-containing interhalogen (XFn) compounds for use in cleaning semiconductor processing chambers
A system for in-situ generation of fluorine radicals and/or fluorine-containing interhalogen compounds XFn (wherein X is Cl, Br, or I, and n is an odd integer). Such system comprises a fluorine source, a halogen source for supplying halogen species other ...
01/11/2005
6770255Process for chlorine recovery
The specification discloses a process for recovering chlorine from a chlorinator waste. The process involves treating the chlorinator waste with oxygen in a fluidised bed under conditions which promote the conversion of metal chlorides to metal oxides and discourage...
08/03/2004
6770254Purification of group IVb metal halides
This invention relates to an improved process for removing trace levels of Group IVb contaminants from a Group IVb metal tetrahalide of and particularly to a process for removing zirconium tetrachloride from titanium tetrachloride. The improvement resides in contact...
08/03/2004
6562312Process for controlling the passivation of aluminum chloride formed in the chlorination of titanium-containing ores
The present invention is a process for controlling, at an aim point, the passivation of aluminum chloride in the chlorinator discharge stream in a process for making titanium tetrachloride....
05/13/2003
6423291Titanium tetrachloride production
The invention provides a process for the production of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) by the chlorination of titanium values in a titanium-containing starting material. The process includes exposing the starting material to a chlorinating agent...
07/23/2002
6399033Process for increasing the yield in the manufacture of titanium dioxide by the chloride process
An improvement to the chloride process of making titanium dioxide. By recycling some of the cyclone dust, the yield in the chlorination of titanium-containing raw materials can be increased. In order to prevent silica accumulation in the fluidized bed, th...
06/04/2002
6210800Use and production of nanotubes containing a mixed valence venadium
Separable nanotubes are made from a transition metal oxide, preferably from a vanadium oxide of variable valence. They show a greater oxidation resistance than the carbon-based nanotubes known so far and offer many new and economic applications. The inven...
04/03/2001
6136060Low cost high speed titanium and its alloy production
A method for refining a titanium metal containing ore such as rutile or illmenite or mixtures to produce titanium ingots or titanium alloys and compounds of titanium involves production of titanium tetrachloride as a molten slag, by processing the ore in ...
10/24/2000
6096281Method for producing uranium oxide from uranium oxyfluoride
A method for producing uranium oxide includes combining uranium oxyfluoride and a solid oxidizing agent having a lower thermodynamic stability than the uranium oxide after "oxide"; heating the combination below the vapor point of the uranium oxyfluoride t...
08/01/2000
6028026Cubic chromium trifluoride and its use for halogenated hydrocarbon processing
This invention provides a crystalline chromium fluoride having a cubic crystal structure (i.e., chromium trifluoride having an X-ray diffraction powder pattern as shown in Table I); and a catalytic composition comprising cubic chromium trifluoride. This i...
02/22/2000
5948212Titanium separation process
A process for the separation of a mixture of a titanium tetrahalide, a reaction diluent of an intermediate boiling point and at least one of a titanium alkoxide, ester or complex thereof without the aid of a distinct separation solvent by subjecting the m...
09/07/1999
5918106Method for producing uranium oxide and a non-radioactive fluorine compound from uranium tetrafluoride and a solid oxide compound
A method for producing uranium oxide includes combining uranium tetrafluoride and a solid oxidizing agent having a lower thermodynamic stability than the uranium oxide; heating the combination below the vapor point of the uranium tetrafluoride to sufficie...
06/29/1999
5683669Metal chloride generator and improved process for the production of metal chlorides used in the manufacture of titanium dioxide by the chloride process
In the preparation of metal chlorides from their elements to be used as additives in processes of making titanium dioxide by the chloride process, a titanium tetrachloride stream is directed to sweep over the lined inner wall of a metal chloride generator...
11/04/1997
5670121Process for controlling the temperature of a fluidized bed reactor in the manufacture of titanium tetrachloride
This invention relates to a process for controlling the temperature of a fluidized bed reactor in the manufacture of titanium tetrachloride, wherein an exhaust gas stream comprising carbonyl sulfide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and ch...
09/23/1997
5624490Process for treating metal chlorides
A process for preparing high strength, rock-like, water-resistant aggregates by high intensity mixing of acidic metal chlorides and alkaline/cementitious materials in the presence of a low water ratio wherein the metal chlorides are simultaneously neutral...
04/29/1997
5569440Process for the reduction of carbochlorination residue
An improved carbochlorination process for the production of volatile metal chlorides is disclosed. When chlorine gas contacts a metal oxide or a mixed metal oxide in a reaction zone in the presence of carbon at elevated temperatures, an undesirable carboc...
10/29/1996
5437854Process for purifying zirconium tetrachloride
Zirconium tetrachloride containing hafnium tetrachloride is selectively reduced with liquid metallic tin to produce zirconium trichloride. The hafnium tetrachloride is then separated as a vapor from a slurry of zirconium trichloride and other solids, incl...
08/01/1995
5389353Fluidized bed process for chlorinating titanium-containing material and coke useful in such process
In a fluidized bed process for chlorinating rirnium-containing material, an improvement is disclosed comprising utilizing in the process calcined petroleum shot coke, calcined petroleum fluid coke or mixtures thereof. The improved process is capable of (a...
02/14/1995
5320815Fluidized bed process
In a fluidized bed process having a bed of fluidized particulate material which is susceptible to having at least some of the particulate material being entrained in the gases exiting the bed, the entrainment is reduced by introducing the particulate mate...
06/14/1994
5300273Process for producing a vapor mixture of titanium tetrachloride and aluminum trichloride
An improved process is provided for producing titanium tetrachloride vapor admixed with a desired particular amount of aluminum trichloride vapor for use in the production of rutile titanium dioxide. The vapor mixture is derived from a titanium tetrachlor...
04/05/1994
5290745Process for producing ethylene polymers having reduced hexane extractable content
A catalyst system of the Ziegler-Natta type suitable for producing ethylene copolymers having a reduced hexane extractable content comprising (a) an organoaluminum component and (b) a titanium trichloride component which has been prepared by reducing tita...
03/01/1994
5277889Method for depositing pure metal halide compositions
Metal halide compositions of enhanced purity are produced by vapor phase deposition via reactions involving organometallic starting materials in a process wherein a carbon getter is provided in the reaction zone and/or adjacent the developing metal halide...
01/11/1994
5242549Distillation separation process of titanium tetrachloride and halohydrocarbon
An improved process for separation of valuable components of a waste stream resulting from production of an olefin polymerization procatalyst by the addition to the waste stream of a separation solvent of intermediate boiling point, subjecting the resulti...
09/07/1993
5224986Procss for the recovery of titanium values
This invention provides a process for the recovery of titanium values from a complex matrix comprising titanium nitride. The process comprises chlorinating the titanium nitride in the matrix to obtain a reaction product containing titanium chloride, and s...
07/06/1993
5171551Zirconium dioxide gas desulfurization catalyst
Solid catalyst substrates based on zirconium dioxide and, optionally, titanium dioxide and/or cerium dioxide, e.g., honeycombs or monoliths, are well adapted for the desulfurization and catalytic conversion of industrial gases containing contaminating amo...
12/15/1992
5169808Metal 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
5120523Method for dissolution of metal
A metal is dissolved by a method which comprises establishing contact of the metal with a quaternary ammonium compound and a halogenated hydrocarbon or with a quaternary ammonium compound, a halogenated hydrocarbon, and a polar solvent....
06/09/1992
5091168Preparation of anhydrous niobium and tantalum pentafluorides
A method of producing an anhydrous niobium or tantalum pentafluoride involving reacting the corresponding pentoxide or oxyhalide with an excess of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a sufficient dehydrating agent (e.g., COCl2, SOCl
02/25/1992
5080880Method of hydrolyzing metal halides
A process relating to the hydrolysis of metal halides and their production of corresponding metal oxides by the hydrolysis of their chlorides and the calcining of the hydrolysis product is disclosed. Novel aspect including obviating the neutralizing step ...
01/14/1992
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