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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312252 | Nanoparticulate anionic clays A composition of matter comprising anionic clay having the general formula [M2+1-xM3+x(OH)2]x+(x/n)An−·yH2O (I) or [M1+M3+ | 12/25/2007 |
| 7268167 | Process for producing emulsion and microcapsules and apparatus therefor A process and apparatus for rapidly producing an emulsion and microcapsules in a simple manner. A dispersion phase is ejected from a dispersion phase-feeding port toward a continuous phase flowing in a microchannel such that flows of the dispersion phase and the con... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6387840 | Oil soluble coking additive A method for making an oil soluble coking process additive, includes the steps of: providing mixture of a metal salt in water wherein the metal salt contains a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6169054 | Oil soluble coking additive, and method for making and using same A method for making an oil soluble coking process additive, includes the steps of: providing mixture of a metal salt in water wherein the metal salt contains a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6069178 | Emulsion with coke additive in hydrocarbon phase and process for preparing same A process for preparing a hydrocarbon in water emulsion includes the steps of providing a hydrocarbon phase containing inactive natural surfactant; mixing a solid carbon additive with the hydrocarbon phase, the solid additive being selected from the group... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6030424 | Water-in-oil emulsion fuel oil production system A system for producing a water-in-oil emulsion fuel oil of improved combustion efficiency. The production system includes an additive solution tank for producing an emulsifying additive solution by mixing NAOH and CaCl2 and water and storing th... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5885713 | Fire-resistant glass containing a gel with improved melting resistance, and process for the preparation thereof Fire-resistant glass, produced by placing between two panes of glass a gel former containing a) an acid aluminum phosphate, b) a reaction product of boric acid with an alkanolamine and one or more alkali metal compounds, and heating the glass to convert t... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5866040 | Complex and emulsified composition A novel complex containing an ampholytic and/or semi-polar surfactant as well as a higher fatty acid, and if necessary, a clay mineral, and an emulsified composition containing this complex.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5756432 | Colloidal calcium hydroxide, its preparation and uses Novel colloidal products are described, containing calcium hydroxide in the center of micelles which are stabilised in an organic medium by a shell of a surfactant, in a reversed micelle. The products are obtained by reacting calcium oxide CaO, calcium hy... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5670088 | Preparation of mixed ultrafine particles from PFPE micro-emulsion Process for preparing dispersions containing mixed oxides having particle size lower than or equal to 50 nm and having narrow size distribution, comprising the following steps: P1) preparing a microemulsion of water in oil, the oil being a perfluoropolyet... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5648413 | Stabilizer for chlorine-containing polymers, process for the preparation thereof and chlorine-containing polymer composition A stabilizer for chlorine-containing polymers and a process for its preparation. The stabilizer comprises a fat or oil-saponified product composite silicate in the form of hydrophobic particles of a composition containing: siliceous compound particles com... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5616286 | Process for the manufacture of organophilic clay Organically modified clays are advantageously prepared in a direct addition, low moisture process by mixing clay, a cationic, organic material, and an optional dispersant under high pressure conditions such that the cationic organic compound substitutes f... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5603864 | Method for the preparation of viscous hydrocarbon in aqueous buffer solution emulsions A method for forming a stable bimodal emulsion comprises admixing a viscous hydrocarbon with an aqueous buffer solution under controlled conditions so as to obtain a first monomodal emulsion having an average hydrocarbon droplet size of less than 5 micron... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5556574 | Emulsion of viscous hydrocarbon in aqueous buffer solution and method for preparing same A method for forming a stable emulsion of a viscous hydrocarbon in an aqueous buffer solution includes the steps of: providing a viscous hydrocarbon containing an inactive natural surfactant and having a salt content by weight of less than or equal to abo... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5526839 | Stable emulsion of viscous crude hydrocarbon in aqueous buffer solution and method for forming and transporting same The method for forming a stable emulsion of a viscous crude hydrocarbon in an aqueous buffer solution, includes the steps of: providing a viscous crude hydrocarbon containing an inactive natural surfactant and having a salt content by weight of less than ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5480583 | Emulsion of viscous hydrocarbon in aqueous buffer solution and method for preparing same A method for forming a stable emulsion of a viscous hydrocarbon in an aqueous buffer solution includes the steps of: providing a viscous hydrocarbon containing an inactive natural surfactant and having a salt content by weight of less than or equal to abo... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5411558 | Heavy oil emulsion fuel and process for production thereof An oil-in-water type heavy oil emulsion fuel having a specific and broad particle size distribution which has a viscosity close to that of water, can be sufficiently atomized at a temperature of room temperature to 90° C., is excellent in the handleabili... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5326557 | Moisturizing compositions containing organosilicon compounds Moisturizing compositions for a human skin which contain oxyethylene function organosilanes. When used in skin care applications, these compounds exhibit humectant properties. The oxyethylene functional organosilane is a compound having the formula RSiR' | 07/05/1994 |
| 5059347 | Aqueous antioxident emulsions Storage-stable, non-sedimenting emulsions comprising a) 10 to 80% by weight, based on the emulsion, of one or more antioxidants, b) 0.25 to 10% by weight, based on the emulsion, of a surfactant in the form of a fatty acid salt of formula R-COOY, wherein R is straig... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4874432 | Multigrade asphalt cement product and process A gelled asphalt cement having improved properties over conventional asphalt cement, including reduced temperature susceptibility and lower rate of age hardening is disclosed. This multigrade asphalt cement is produced by gelling a liquefied asphalt mater... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4746459 | Self-dispersing tin oxide sols An aqueous sol composition from the group consisting of antimony and tin sols useful in restoring the activity of metal contaminated molecular sieve cracking catalysts which comprises a major portion of an aqueous antimony sol or tin sol containing betwee... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4592859 | Oil-in-water or water-in-oil suspensions and uses therefor Stable suspensions of oil and water are provided by surrounding the droplets of the suspended phase by colloidal particles to form an aggregate particle having a zeta potential between about +18 and -18 millivolts. A process for forming such stable suspen... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4523957 | Open-graded asphalt emulsion mixes An open-graded emulsified asphalt paving mix is provided comprising a major portion of open-graded aggregate and a minor portion of cationic or anionic bituminous emulsion, the mix containing a minor portion of a polyelectrolyte having the opposite electr... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4034124 | Emulsions Emulsions comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase and a phospholipo-protein which has been subjected to a treatment with phospholipase A as emulsion stabilizer. These emulsions have an increased stability, especially heat stability, compared with emulsi... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3996154 | Emulsions of isocyanates and their manufacture Aqueous emulsions comprising organic isocyanates, water and non-ionic surface active agents devoid of hydroxy, amino and carboxylic acid groups and the use of such emulsions for surface coatings. Use of aqueous emulsions of mixed methylene bridged polyphe... | 12/07/1976 |