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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837899 | Dispersing agents in nanocomposites The instant invention discloses a composition, preferably a nanocomposite material, comprising (a) a synthetic polymer, (b) a filler selected from a natural or synthetic phyllosilicate or a mixture of such phyllosilicates, preferably in nanoparticles, and (c) a disp... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7794625 | Preparation of a composition of a swelling tot-tot interlayer A method for preparing a composition including mineral particles, that is swelling TOT-TOT interlayer particles, formed by interlayering between: at least one non-swelling mineral phase formed by a stack of elementary laminae of the phyllogermanosilicate 2/1 type an... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785492 | Mass production of nano-scaled platelets and products Disclosed is a process for exfoliating a layered material to produce nano-scaled platelets having a thickness smaller than 100 nm, typically smaller than 10 nm, and often between 0.34 nm and 1.02 nm. The process comprises: (a) charging a layered material to an inter... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7442728 | Method for producing nanosilicate plates The present invention relates to an exfoliating agent and to a process for producing random form of nanoscale silicate plates. The exfoliating agent applied in the present invention has the formula: wherein n=1 to 5 and R i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7387749 | Method of delaminating aggregated particles with a coating agent in a substantially supercritical fluid The present invention involves a method of delaminating aggregated particles of natural silicate, nanoplatelet, nanofiber, or nanotube structures. The method comprises diffusing a coating agent in a substantially supercritical fluid between the aggregated particles ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7326750 | Expanded nanoclays and method of producing such expanded nanoclays A method of producing nanoclays comprising the steps of preparing a first intercalant alkali salt of a carboxylic acid, adding the first intercalant to a swelled clay at a temperature of at least 50° C. so that the metal ions on the clay surface forms a complex wit... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7249723 | Organic solvent dispersed nano-talc slurry The invention provides high surface area talc compositions by a novel hybrid milling method or soaking method. The hybrid milling method comprises dry milling talc powder followed by mixing with water and wet milling to provide a nano-talc slurry with high surface a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7204492 | Gaskets A spirally wound gasket is described. The gasket includes a sealing strip (11) wound into a spiral and a support strip (10) wound into a spiral in such a manner that the spiral of the sealing strip is formed interposed between the coils of the supporti... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189074 | Method and process for co-combustion in a waste to-energy facility The co-combustion process may comprise the following unit operations: routing of hot gas (10) generated in the clinker cooling process to a rotary kiln (1); use of part of the rotary kiln exhaust gas to dry solid wastes in rotary dryers; leading the ga... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169348 | Method of making metal oxide nanoparticles in an exfoliated silicate framework A method of producing metal oxide nanoparticles in an exfoliated silicate framework by forming an aqueous exfoliated silicate suspension by mixing a layered clay into water until clear. To which is added an acidic hydrated metal species precursor solution, formed by... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157517 | Method of delaminating a graphite structure with a coating agent in a supercritical fluid The present invention involves a method of delaminating a graphite structure. The method comprises diffusing a coating agent in a supercritical fluid between layered particles of a graphite structure defining contacted graphite particles and catastrophically depress... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7125916 | Method for producing nanosilica plates The present invention relates to an exfoliating agent and to a process for producing random form of nanoscale silicate plates. Two types of exfoliating agents are applied in the present invention, which respectively have the formula: | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125502 | Fibers of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and process for making the same The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118725 | Expandable graphite intercalation compounds, method for synthesizing them and their use Expandable graphic intercalatable compounds with controllable onset temperatures, methods for their synthesis and their use as intumescing, fire-protection additives for the preparation of flame-retardant compositions. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115221 | Method for producing graphite powder with an increased bulk density A method for increasing the Scott density of synthetic and/or natural graphite powders of any particle size distribution, preferably of highly-pure graphite, by subjecting the graphite powder to an autogenous surface treatment. The powder is used, in particular, for... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105108 | Graphite intercalation and exfoliation process The invention relates to expanded graphite and methods of making the graphite and products that can be made from the graphite made from the inventive process. The invention includes the step of introducing a fluid into at least one of a plurality of interstices of g... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7071258 | Nano-scaled graphene plates A nano-scaled graphene plate material and a process for producing this material. The material comprises a sheet of graphite plane or a multiplicity of sheets of graphite plane. The graphite plane is composed of a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms and... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7049524 | Impact-resistant self-extinguishing cable Self-extinguishing cable, in particular an electrical cable for low-voltage or medium-voltage power transmission or distribution of data transmission, having at least one conductor and at least one flame-retardant coating positioned externally to the conductor. The ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6960308 | Endothermic heat shield composition and method for the preparation thereof A method for preparing an endothermic heat shield composition, which comprises at least 50 wt/wt % hydrated salt and at least one filler material, the method comprising the steps of: a) heating the hydrated salt to a temperature at... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6933028 | Fire-resistant fuel transport pipe A plastics material tube that is particularly resistant to fire, such that its wall is formed by a corrugated tube of flammable plastics material, by a smooth tube lining the outside of the corrugated tube and made of a plastics material that limits flame propagatio... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6872330 | Chemical manufacture of nanostructured materials A low temperature chemical route to efficiently produce nanomaterials is described. The nanomaterials are synthesized by intercalating ions into layered compounds, exfoliating to create individual layers and then sonicating to produce nanotubes, nanorods, nanoscroll... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6660190 | Fire and flame retardant material A fire and flame retardant composition is provided by mixing brazing flux, baking soda, lime and redwood bark to form the basis of the material composition. The basic material is then readily combined with other materials including flammable items such as... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6645278 | Intumescent powder An intumescent powder where the molar ratio of SiO2 to Li2 O+Na2 O+K2 O is between 2.20 to 3.70 to 1.00 and the molar ratio of Li2 O to Li2 O+Na2 O+K2 O is 0.20 to 0.35 has... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635108 | Organoclay compositions for gelling unsaturated polyester resin systems An organoclay composition for gelling unsaturated polyester resin/monomer systems comprising a mineral clay mixture which has been treated with an alkyl quaternary ammonium compound. The mineral clay mixture comprises two components: mineral clay (a) comp... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6620349 | Fire retardant compositions and methods for preserving wood products Wood preservative compositions are disclosed. Treatment of lumber, plywood, and other wood products with a novel composition comprising the boron source composition, a melamine binder resin, and a urea casein activator resin protects lumber, plywood, and ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6534570 | Organoclay compositions for gelling unsaturated polyester resin systems An organoclay composition for gelling unsaturated polyester resin/monomer systems comprising a mineral clay mixture which has been treated with an alkyl quaternary ammonium compound. The mineral clay mixture comprises two components; mineral clay (a) comp... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6469073 | System and method of delaminating a layered silicate material by supercritical fluid treatment The present invention involves a system and method of delaminating a layered silicate to provide improved mechanical properties to select materials such as polymers. The method includes providing particles of the layered silicate and a supercritical fluid... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6207085 | Heat expandable compositions A composition which, when subjected to heat, expands to form heat-insulating barriers comprises an expandable graphite, a fire retardant, and an inorganic intumescent filler such as clay dispersed in a resinous emulsion. Particularly desirable results are... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5952095 | Intercalates and exfoliates formed with long chain (C10 +) monomeric organic intercalant compounds; and composite materials containing same Intercalates formed by contacting a layered material, e.g., a phyllosilicate, with an intercalant monomer including an alkyl radical having at least 10 carbon atoms and having a dipole moment greater than the dipole moment of water, to sorb or intercalate... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5945361 | Heat-resistant expansive member The present invention relates to a heat-resistant expansive member suitably used as a holding member for holding a ceramic monolithic catalyst in a motor vehicle or the like. The heat-resistant expansive member of the present invention is made at the blen... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942561 | Fire-retardant polymer composition A fire-retardant polymer composition is provided which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polymer such as polystyrene, 1 to 30 parts by weight of heat-expandable graphite, and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a phosphorus compound. The polymer composition is fi... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5879600 | Method of preparing an exfoliated vermiculite for the manufacture of finished product A method of preparing particles of an exfoliated vermiculite for the manufacture of a finished product, such as a particle board, includes the steps of, if necessary, chemically modifying the vermiculite by impregnating the vermiculite with a suitable anh... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5853675 | Composite mounting system A composite for mounting a catalytic converter or diesel particulate filter. The composite comprises a flexible mat and a layer of an intumescent paste comprising an intumescent material. A catalytic converter element and diesel particulate filter compris... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5709821 | Gel formers having reduced gelling time and forming gels with improved melting resistance Gel formers comprising acid aluminum phosphate and a reaction product of boric acid and an alkanolamine, and further comprising alkali metal compounds in the aluminum: alkali metal ratio of 1:1.3-2.5 require short gelling times, and form gels having impro... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5707598 | Porous material composed of layered silica and metal oxide and a process for manufacturing the same A porous material composed of many SiO4 tetrahedra sheets having interlayer bridges of SiO2. It has pores having a diameter of 10 Å or above, and possesses the properties of a solid acid formed by the isomorphous substitution of met... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5660763 | Fire fighting composition and products containing same Fire fighting compositions are disclosed which are distinguished from the prior art by the presence of alum as a component of the composition, by the use of a combination of salts in concentrations which will form a eutectic mixture when heated, and by th... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5632931 | Bloated mineral oxide carrier for packed-bed fluid stream chemical processes Bloated minerals previously used as aggregates for light-weight concrete are here fragmented, wetted, and intermixed with particulate chemical reactants or catalysts, to serve as inert carriers therefor in industrial processes. One use is in the deep-bed ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5624607 | Fire-resistant compostion, panel and external wall for various buildings A fire resistant composition for forming a fire resisting lining is characteristically and substantially composed of ettringite contained as a main ingredient. A panel that is attachable to a building body so as to form an external wall thereof is compose... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5607889 | Process for producing an active composite and active composite produced by this process Process for producing an active composite consisting of a support and an active agent is disclosed. The process comprises mixing expanded graphite and an exfoliated lamellar compound, compressing the mixture to form a support which has a graphite density ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5573706 | Gel formers and gels, their preparation and use Gel formers and gels contain a) acidic aluminium phosphates, optionally in the form of reaction products with 0.01 to 4 mol of alkanolamines per mol of aluminium phosphate, and b) reaction products of boric acid with alkanolamines, a) and b) being present in a... | 11/12/1996 |
