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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780931 | Preparation for Tio2 powders from a waste liquid containing titanium compounds Process for preparing TiO2 powders starting from a liquid comprising chlorinated titanium compounds, the process comprising: a) atomizing said liquid and reacting the atomized liquid with a flow of steam and air at a tem... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7575731 | Fine particles of tin-modified rutile-type titanium dioxide and method of making thereof The present invention relates to fine particles of a tin-modified rutile-type titanium dioxide obtained through the reaction of an aqueous solution of a titanium compound having a Ti concentration of 0.07 to 5 mol/l at a pH in the range of −1 to 3 in the co-presen... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7442351 | Process to produces solutions to be used as coating agents in photo-catalytic and transparent films The invention relates to a process for producing a stable solution containing Anatase titanium oxide intended to be deposited on a substrate in order to obtain a transparent photo-catalytic coating. Such a process includes the preparation of an initial stabilized pe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7347983 | Mg2MM'o 6+x, (M=Y, rare earth metal and M'=SN, OR Zr) dielectric ceramics Complex ceramic oxides of the general formula Mg2MM′O6+x where M=Rare metal ion or Yttrium or Lanthanum and M′=Sn, Sb, Zr, Hf, Ta, and Nb; and where −0.5 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7247283 | Method of preparing a titanium and zirconium-based oxide, the oxides thus obtained and the use of same as catalysts The invention concerns a process for preparing an oxide based on zirconium and titanium in which a liquid medium containing a zirconium compound and a titanium compound is formed; said medium is then heated; the precipitate obtained from the end of the preceding ste... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241437 | Zirconia particles Zirconia particles, methods of making zirconia particles, composite materials that contain the zirconia particles, methods of making the composite materials, and zirconia sols that contain the zirconia particles are described. The zirconia particles are substantiall... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223378 | Preparation of barium titanate or strontium titanate having a mean diameter of less than 10 nanometers Process for preparing barium titanate or strontium titanate by reacting titanium alkoxides with barium hydroxide hydrate or strontium hydroxide hydrate in a C1–C8-alcohol or a glycol ether at from 50 to 150° C. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211230 | Process for producing nanometer grade powders The present invention discloses a process for producing nanometer powders, comprising the following steps: (a) providing reactant solution A and reactant solution B that can rapidly react to form precipitate; (b) continuously adding said solution A and solution B in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208126 | Titanium dioxide nanopowder manufacturing process Titanium dioxide nanopowder is produced by a process, comprising: (a) reacting titanium tetrachloride and an oxygen containing gas in the vapor phase in a flame reactor, at a flame temperature of at least about 800° C. in the pres... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204971 | Shaped microcomponents via reactive conversion of biologically-derived microtemplates The present invention is focused on a revolutionary, low-cost (highly-scaleable) approach for the mass production of three-dimensional microcomponents: the biological reproduction of naturally-derived, biocatalytically-derived, and/or genetically-tailored three-dime... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205049 | Metal peroxide films Disclosed are adhesive coating compositions containing a metal peroxide for producing clear colorless adhesive coatings on substrates, particularly micro particulate substrates. In one preferred embodiment the nanoparticle coatings are chemically active and function... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182929 | Nanostructured multi-component and doped oxide powders and method of making same A method for producing nanostructured multi-component or doped oxide particles and the particles produced therein. The process includes the steps of (i) dissolving salts of cations, which are either dopants or components of the final oxide, in an organic solvent; (i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182930 | Methods of fabricating barium titanate powders A method of fabricating barium titanate powders uses titanium tetrachloride and barium hydroxide as reactants in a reaction solution. The pH value of the reaction solution is adjusted to strongly alkaline range by adding potassium hydroxide. Nitrogen is charged into... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179441 | Method for preparing barium-titanate based powder The present invention relates to a method for preparing barium titanate based powder. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for preparing barium titanate powder comprising the following steps of precipitation of barium titanyl oxalate (BaTiO(C | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175825 | Method of producing titania solution Titania is dissolved in a hydrogen peroxide solution to produce an amorphous titania gel, then the amorphous titania gel and a hydrogen peroxide solution are mixed together to produce an amorphous titania sol, and then an alkali solution is supplied to the solution ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157074 | Fine zirconium oxide powder and method for producing same There are provided a method for producing a fine zirconium oxide powder which has a narrower particle size distribution than that of conventional zirconium oxide powders and which is capable of lowering the starting temperature in the sintering reaction of a reactan... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157072 | Cathode composition for lithium batteries and method of preparing the same Provided is a cathode composition for lithium secondary battery that includes a lithium-chromium-titanium-manganese oxide that has the formula Li[Li(1-x)/3CrxTi(2/3)yMn2(1-x-y)/3]O2 where 0≦x≦0.3, 0≦y≦0.... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147835 | Oxide powder for dielectrics, method of manufacturing oxide powder for dielectrics, and multi-layer ceramic capacitor using the same Disclosed herein is a small particle oxide powder for dielectrics. The oxide powder has a perovskite structure, an average particle diameter [D50(μm)] of 0.3 μm or less, a particle size distribution of the average particle diameter within 3%, a particle size distr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135206 | Coated titanium dioxide particles A method for producing nanoscale titanium dioxide particles which are coated with an oxide, a hydroxide or an oxide hydroxide of Al, Ce, Zr and/or Si wherein the enzymatic precipitant system urease/urea is used. Said coated titanium dioxide particles can have an ave... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135156 | Method for processing a zirconium oxide composition in crystalline form Methods of producing zirconium oxide compositions and using same are provided. The zirconium oxide compositions in crystalline form can be prepared by a synthetic process wherein the hydrolysis of zirconyl chloride and particle formation can be achieved simultaneous... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125536 | Nano-structured particles with high thermal stability This invention relates to a composition comprising nano-structured metal oxide particles (particularly, zirconia) and at least one stabilizing agent, a method to produce the composition, and a method to produce the thermally stable nano-structured particles. The met... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122168 | Shape anisotropic metal oxide nanoparticles and synthetic method thereof In a metal oxide nanoparticle and a synthetic method thereof, and in particular to maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) nanoparticles usable as a superhigh density magnetic recording substance by having good shape anisotropy and magnetic characteristics, hemat... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118727 | Method of making oxide particles The present invention provides a process for producing particles, such as oxide nanoparticles, in a substantially water-free environment. The process involves mixing at least one metal compound of the formula MX(m−n) with at least one surfactant and at ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090823 | Method for preparing a gel containing nanometer titanium dioxide powders for visible light photocatalysis A method for preparing a gel containing nanometer titanium dioxide particles for visible light photocatalysis, the method has the following acts of: obtaining titanium hydroxide; inverting titanium hydroxide into titanium dioxide by adding an oxidant, an improving a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067104 | Shaped microcomponent via reactive conversion of biologically-derived microtemplates The present invention is focused on a revolutionary, low-cost (highly-scaleable) approach for the mass production of three-dimensional microcomponents: the biological reproduction of naturally-derived, biocatalytically-derived, and/or genetically-tailored three-dime... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6991678 | Process for preparing microporous crystalline titanium silicate A process for the preparation of crystalline microporous titanium silicates using ethylsilicate-40 and titanium peroxide as silicon and titanium sources respectively is described. The process permits a significant decrease in the production cost of titanium silicate... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6953120 | Method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof in a slurry and tailings obtained from said method A method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof from a slurry is described. The method involves magnetically separating at least a portion of any magnetic impurities from the slurry and then leaching or dissolving at least a portion of any remaining magnetic impur... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6835449 | Nanostructured titania coated titanium A ball valve for use in the pressure acid leaching of nickel ores is disclosed. The valve has a valve body and a ball centrally positioned in the valve body, which has a central passage rotatable in the valve body between open and closed positions. At least one seat... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6803024 | Benefication of titania slag by oxidation and reduction treatment This invention relates to a method of treating titania slag to increase the leachability of impurities from the slag consisting of the steps of sizing the titania slag to a particle size from 75 to 850 μm; oxidizing the sized slag particles at a temperature from ab... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6713038 | TiO2 compounds obtained from a high silica content ore A titanium dioxide compound was isolated from a rare type of naturally occurring ore. Processes for efficiently isolating and obtaining these TiO2 compounds, as well as methods for using them have been developed. These TiO2 compounds may be use... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6656588 | Ultrafine powders and their use as lasing media Doped, nanosize metal oxide particles have been shown to exhibit stimulated emission and continuous-wave laser action when energized appropriately, for example by electron beams. The doped particles are useful as solid state lasing devices and "laser pain... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6627120 | Conductive paste and laminated ceramic electronic component In order to achieve miniaturization and an increase in the capacitance of a monolithic ceramic capacitor, a conductive paste suitable for forming an internal conductor film is provided, the layer thickness of the internal conductor film being decreased wi... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623656 | Source reagent composition for CVD formation of Zr/Hf doped gate dielectric and high dielectric constant metal oxide thin films and method of using same Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) precursor compositions for forming Zr/Hf doped gate dielectric, ferroelectric, or high dielectric constant (k) metal oxide thin films. The precursor composition in one embodiment comprises a metal precursor having a general... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6610135 | Titanium-containing finely divided particulate material, aqueous sol composition and coating liquid containing same, process for producing same, and shaped article having film thereof A titanium-containing finely divided particulate material, characterized by exhibiting a light transmittance of at least 85% as measured at a wavelength of 450-700 nm for a thickness of 10 mm on an aqueous liquid containing the titanium-containing materia... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6602919 | Method for preparing hydrous zirconium oxide gels and spherules Methods for preparing hydrous zirconium oxide spherules, hydrous zirconium oxide gels such as gel slabs, films, capillary and electrophoresis gels, zirconium monohydrogen phosphate spherules, hydrous zirconium oxide spherules having suspendable particles ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6582814 | Rare earth-transition metal oxide pigments Rare earth-transition metal oxides are used as pigments. The rare earth-transition metal oxide pigments are preferably of the formula (Rex Tm)Oy, where Re is at least one rare earth element, Tm is at least one transition metal, x ran... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6572793 | Method of producing ceramic composition and method of producing electronic device A method of producing an electronic device including a dielectric layer includes a dielectric ceramic composition containing a main component expressed by a formula of {(Sr1-x Cax)O}m.(Ti1-y Zry)O | 06/03/2003 |
| 6531110 | TiO2 containing product including rutile, pseudo-brookite and ilmenite An upgraded titania slag product is described. A TiO2 containing product which includes rutile, pseudo-brookite and ilmenite is disclosed.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6500779 | Molybdenum based oxidation catalysts This invention concerns catalysts comprising a molybdenum compound of formula I, II, III, IV or V I Vq MoAy Oz II NiMox By Oz' III VNiw Mox Cy' Oz" IV CoNi... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6461581 | Clathrate compounds and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a clathrate compound which can be used as a thermoelectric material, a hard material, or a semiconductor material. Silicon or carbon are formed into a clathrate lattice, and a clathrate compound is then formed in which speci... | 10/08/2002 |
