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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7018742 | Active carbon-based nanotube battery A Carbon Nanofiber-based (CNT—Carbon Nanotube) electrical high performance battery comprises a cell trough filled with electrolyte, a spring coil locking onto said cell trough, an anode/cathode substrate plate installed within said cell trough with its separation ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6713039 | Lithium-manganese oxide for use in lithium secondary cell cathode and method for producing the lithium-manganese oxide A lithium-manganese oxide for use in a lithium secondary cell cathode, having a spinel structure expressed by a chemical compositional formula of LixMn2O4-zFz (1.12≦X≦1.20, 0 | 03/30/2004 |
| 6555078 | Method of preparing lithium salts The present invention provides an inexpensive process for the preparation of lithium salts of formula LiX having a desired or required level of purity using lithium chloride and lithium sulfate. In the process of the invention, a lithium salt selected fro... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6383235 | Cathode materials, process for the preparation thereof and secondary lithium ion battery using the cathode materials A process of preparation capable of easily preparing cathode materials having a homogeneous composition in a good mass productivity, a cathode material obtained by this process, and a secondary lithium ion battery using the cathode material. Aqueous solut... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5939353 | Method for preparing and using nickel catalysts A direct, simplified and relatively salt-free process is described for making anionic, hydrotalcite-type pillared clay compositions which contain nickel, and their heat-treated derivatives. Compositions of the invention are manufactured from ractants whic... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5855862 | Process for the preparation of an oxide, especially a transition metal oxide A method for preparing an oxide (P), which includes the steps of (i) forming a solid phase compound (O) based on an oxide containing molecular entities (1) chosen from optionally substituted ammonium, diammonium, diazan-ium or diazandium, the entities bei... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5676919 | Method for producing sintered lithium oxide granules High-purity, sintered spherical Li2 O granules is produced by a gel precipitation technique. Li2 CO3 powder is dispersed in an aqueous solution of a water-soluble resin, whose drops are transferred through a nozzle into a ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5122360 | Method and apparatus for the production of metal oxide powder The present invention provides a method for preparing metal oxide powder. A first solution, which is substantially organic, is prepared. A second solution, which is an aqueous solution substantially immiscible in the first solution, is prepared and delive... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5089248 | Production of metallic oxides Metal oxides prepared by exchange reactions between organosemiconductor oxides (such as disiloxanes) and metal coordination compounds (such as neutral metal complexes, metal chelates and chlorometalates), metallic halides (such as zinc chloride), or organ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4837002 | Removal of chlorate from caustic soda Chlorate is removed from aqueous caustic soda by reducing with iron pentacarbonyl and separating off the resulting iron oxide containing precipitate.... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4724132 | Continuous process for the manufacture of metal salt solutions from water-insoluble metal compounds and mineral acids A continuous process for the manufacture of a metal salt solution is described which provides more economical products with higher quality than current processes. The process is safer, both to operating personnel and to the environment, than currently use... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4372924 | Purification of alkali metal hydroxides A method to purify an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide by countercurrently contacting the ammonia and hydroxide, in a volume ratio of about 0.6 to 1 to about 1 to 1, in a packed bed. The temperature in the lower portion of an extractor in whi... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4073741 | Cobalt oxide chlorate candle A substantially fuel-free oxygen-generating composition consisting essentially of an alkali metal chlorate which may contain a small amount of perchlorate, in combination with a catalytic amount in the order of about 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of cobalt oxide.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072501 | Method of producing homogeneous mixed metal oxides and metal-metal oxide mixtures Metal powders, metal oxide powders, and mixtures thereof of controlled particle size are provided by reacting an aqueous solution containing dissolved metal values with excess urea. Upon heating, urea reacts with water from the solution leaving a molten u... | 02/07/1978 |
