Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 11/05

20050260112 - Removal of elemental mercury from gas by modifying wet scrubber systems with an organic compound: A method of removing elemental mercury from gas phase fluids by contacting the gas with an organic compound dissolved in a gas scrubbing liquid....

20050260113 - Agents for reducing atmospheric oxidising pollutants: A method of reducing atmospheric oxidising pollutants comprises contacting an atmospheric oxidising pollutant, such as ozone, with a precious metal-free reducing agent, wherein the reducing agent comprises at least one transition clement and/or one or more compounds including at least one transition element wherein the standard electrode potential of the...

20050260114 - Method for flue-gas reduction of pollutants in combustion processes: Systems and methods for reduction of pollutants in combustion processes using combined rotating opposed fired air (ROFA) and fuel injection sorbents (FSI) for increased chemical reactivity....

20050260115 - Method of preparing porous calcium phosphate granules: The invention describes a method of preparing macroporous calcium phosphate granules with NaCl porogen technique, wherein a calcium phosphate self-setting cement powder is mixed with 30 to 80 wt % NaCl. The calcium phosphate granules comprise macro- and micropores communicating with one another substantially throughout the body with a porosity...

20050260116 - Process for producing oxidation-resisting hydrogenated fullerene and hydrogenated fullerene produced by the process: A process for purifying a hydrogenated fullerene containing a solvent by heat-treating the hydrogenated fullerene, and a hydrogenated fullerene obtained by the purifying process, which contains the solvent in an amount of not more than 2% by weight based on the weight of the hydrogenated fullerene molecules. Such a hydrogenated...

20050260119 - Carbon nanopipettes methods of making and applications: A new morphological manifestation of carbon based nanostructures in the form of tapered whiskers with uniform 1-3 nm hollowness. The base of the whiskers is in the sub-micron scale, tapering uniformly to form a pointed tip in the form of a pipette. The hollow nanopipettes have a shell containing helical...

20050260117 - Carbon nanostructure catalyst support: Carbon nanostructures for use as catalyst supports in hydrogen fuel cells are produced by mixing a carbon material with at least one transition metal such as iron and cobalt, subjecting the mixture thus produced to mechanical grinding, e.g. ball milling in a hydrogen atmosphere for a time sufficient for hydrogen...

20050260118 - Mesoporous carbon films and methods of preparation thereof: A mesoporous carbon film having a unimodal pore structure comprises a film of carbon defining an open network of interconnected primary pores arrayed in a uniform, random manner throughout the film. The pores in the film have an average pore diameter in the range of about 2 to about 3...

20050260120 - Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof: This invention relates generally to a forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in an electric field and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, a purified bucky paper of single-wall carbon nanotubes is used as the starting material. Upon oxidative treatment of the bucky paper surface, many tube and/or rope...

20050260121 - Method and apparatus for degassing liquid sulfur: A vessel is mounted external to a liquid sulfur storage pit for degassing liquid sulfur at atmospheric pressure. Liquid sulfur is re-circulated from the pit to a static mixing device extending from a head space to the liquid sulfur which provides intimate contact of the liquid sulfur as it flows...

20050260122 - Process for preparing nano-sized metal oxide particles: The present invention is directed to novel sol-gel methods in which metal oxide precursor and an alcohol-based solution are mixed to form a reaction mixture that is then allowed to react to produce nanosized metal oxide particles. The methods of the present invention are more suitable for preparing nanosized metal...

20050260123 - Production of hydrogen from alcohols: A process for producing hydrogen from ethanol or other alcohols. The alcohol, optionally in combination with water, is contacted with a catalyst comprising rhodium. The overall process is preferably carried out under autothermal conditions....

20050255017 - Method for separating platinum group element: One object of the present invention is to provide a separation process that enables the efficient separation of selenium, tellurium, and platinum group elements from a material containing selenium/tellurium and platinum group elements. In order to achieve this object, the invention provides a separation process for platinum group elements comprising:...

20050255018 - Process to separate the vanadium contained in inorganic acid solutions: A chemical process that recovers the vanadium contained in inorganic acid solutions, precipitating it as a solid compound of vanadium and alkaline metal or monovalent cation ferrocyanide is disclosed. Separation is carried out electrochemically, depositing the compound on to a metal immersed in the acid solution that contains vanadium as...

20050255019 - Emission control system: Methods and apparatus utilizing hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce NOx, SOx and mercury (or other heavy metal) emissions from combustion flue gas streams. Continuous concentration of hydrogen peroxide to levels approaching or exceeding propellant-grade hydrogen peroxide facilitates increased system efficiency. In this manner, combustion flue gas streams can be...

20050255020 - Introduction of cyanide waste as a nox reductant: The present invention is directed to systems and methods of reducing nitrogen oxides from an air stream by introducing cyanide into the air stream and reacting the cyanide with the nitrogen oxides. In some embodiments, the reacting takes place at a temperature between 1200 and 1640° F....

20050255021 - Catalyst systems advantageous for high particulate matter environments: The present invention provides monolithic structural catalysts. The catalysts have a high open frontal area structure and composition advantageous for use in high particulate matter environments such as coal-fired industrial applications. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a monolithic structural catalyst body comprising a high open frontal area structure...

20050255022 - Emission control system: Methods and apparatus utilizing hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce SOx and mercury (or other heavy metal) emissions from combustion flue gas streams. The methods and apparatus may further be modified to reduce NOx emissions. Continuous concentration of hydrogen peroxide to levels approaching or exceeding propellant-grade hydrogen peroxide facilitates increased...

20050255023 - Method for destruction of organic compounds by co-oxidation with activated carbon: A method for oxidizing carbon adsorbable organic compounds in a controlled manner within a bed of activated carbon. The bed of activated carbon is exposed to a source of molecular oxygen, such as air, and is controlled within a temperature range whereby the molecular oxygen is slowly oxidizing the activated...

20050255024 - Method of controlled alcoholysis and regeneration of a borohydride: Methods of controlled hydrolysis/alcoholysis and regeneration of a borohydride are disclosed. Examples of the present invention show that hydrolysis of sodium borohydride or lithium borohydride with dilute acid provides simultaneous generation of H2 and boric acid for recycling. Other examples of the present invention show methods for regenerating a borohydride...

20050255025 - Phosphine fast-generating device and the method used by the device: A phosphine fast-generating device comprises a tank; a reaction chamber formed in the tank; an agent input opening installed at an upper side of the reaction chamber; a nitrogen injection system, a high pressure spraying system and a phosphine purifying system connected to the upper side of the reaction chamber;...

20050255026 - Synthesis of metal compounds under carbothermal conditions: Active materials of the invention contain at least one alkali metal and at least one other metal capable of being oxidized to a higher oxidation state. Preferred other metals are accordingly selected from the group consisting of transition metals (defined as Groups 4-11 of the periodic table), as well as...

20050255027 - Method for producing alkaline earth metal carbonate crystal and alkaline earth metal carbonate crystal: A method for producing an alkaline earth metal carbonate crystal comprising allowing an alkaline earth metal ion that is present at an ion concentration of 0.5 mol/L or less and a carbonate ion to react under an alkali condition to generate an alkaline earth metal carbonate crystal having an aspect...

20050255028 - Process for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a hydrogen containing stream: Provided is a method for preparing a composition comprising admixing a substance comprising platinum and a halide and a substance comprising iron and a halide and incorporating the thus-obtained mixture into or onto an aluminum-containing compound, drying and calcining the incorporated mixture, and then admixing the calcined mixture and an...

20050255029 - Process for manufacturing an alloy material for use in the manufacture of synthetic diamonds: A method for making alloy materials for use in the manufacture of synthetic diamonds, in which the alloy materials are manufactured chemically using a wet chemical method....

20050255031 - Method for selectively separating semiconductive carbon nanotubes: Semiconducting type carbon nanotubes are efficiently separated from a mixture of semiconducting and metallic carbon nanotubes in a simple manner, by way of treating the carbon nanotube mixture with an organic solution containing nitronium ions, filtering the resulting mixture to recover remaining solids, and heat-treating the solids....

20050255032 - Nanotube sensor: A sensor having a nanotube grown on and supported by thermal bimorph structures. The nanotube rests on a heat sink during sensing gas or a liquid and is moved from the heat sink when the nanotube is heated to desorb gas or liquid from it. The heatsink may function as...

20050255030 - Process for functionalizing carbon nanotubes under solvent-free conditions: The present invention provides methods by which carbon nanotubes can be functionalized under solvent-free conditions. As extremely large quantities are typically required to dissolve or disperse carbon nanotubes, solvent elimination the processes more favorable for scale-up. Such processes are also amenable to a wide variety of chemical reactions are functionalizing...

20050255033 - Laser fabrication of continuous nanofibers: This invention provides a continuous process of making continuous nanofibers of all kinds, such as SiC, BN, AlN, and C. Laser heating a vapor of feed-material made of all atomic elements needed to grow chosen nanofibers results in growth of nanofibers onto seed-nanostructures attached to a filament, which is then...

20050255034 - Process for producing narrow platelet graphite nanofibers: A catalyst composition useful for the generation of narrow width “platelet” graphite nanofibers from methane, which catalyst composition is represented by NiXCuZMgYO. This invention also relates to a process for producing such narrow width platelet graphite nanofibers using said catalyst composition....

20050255035 - Purification method for producing high purity niobium compound and/or tantalum compound: The present invention provides a method enabling the high purification of a niobium compound and/or tantalum compound in a simplified manner at a low cost. This is accomplished by providing a method enabling the high purification of a niobium compound and/or tantalum compound comprising the steps of preparing a solution...

20050255036 - Scour media for titanium dioxide production: Anatase titanium dioxide pigment calcined to a crush strength and density meeting the requirements for an acceptable scour medium is effectively utilized as a scour medium in the chloride process for producing rutile titanium dioxide. The calcining process converts a portion of the anatase pigment to rutile. This calcined anatase...

20050255037 - Method for producing hydrogen and apparatus for supplying hydrogen: A method for producing hydrogen by contacting water, steam or gas containing steam with iron or iron oxide, wherein the iron or iron oxide is added with at least one metal of Rh, Ir, Ru, Pd, Pt and Os and at least one metal of Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Cr,...

20050249652 - Process to recover vanadium contained in acid solutions: A process for recovery of vanadium dissolved in acid solutions or liquors by precipitating it out as vanadium pentoxide. Separation is carried out by adding calcium hydroxide, quicklime or calcium carbonate to the acid solution or liquor, producing a precipitate of vanadium pentoxide, which is separated from the liquid by...

20050249653 - Method for producing perovskite-type composite oxide: To provide a highly safe and hygienic method for industrially efficiently producing a perovskite-type composite oxide at low temperatures in heat treatment, in which the resulting perovskite-type composite oxide can maintain the catalytic activity of a noble metal at a high level over a long time, in a method for...

20050249654 - Nanostructured bioactive mateials prepared by spray drying techniques: Nano-particles of calcium and phosphorous compounds are made in a highly pure generally amorphous state by spray drying a weak acid solution of said compound and evaporating the liquid from the atomized spray in a heated column followed by collection of the precipitated particles. Hydroxy apetite (HA) particles formed by...

20050249655 - High pressure/high temperature production of colorless and fancy-colored diamonds: A method for changing the color of colored Type I natural diamonds includes placing a Type I natural diamond into a high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) press at elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to change or improve the color of the diamond....

20050249656 - Method for forming a patterned array of single-wall carbon nanotubes: This invention relates generally to forming a patterned array of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT). In one embodiment, a nanoscale array of microwells is provided on a substrate; a metal catalyst is deposited in each microwells; and a stream of hydrocarbon or CO feedstock gas is directed at the substrate under...

20050249657 - Carbon black and multi-stage process for making same: Methods of producing carbon black in a multi-stage reaction are described. Also described is carbon black formed from the processes....

20050249658 - Solid chlorine dioxide releasing compositions having increased temperature stability and method for delivery of solid chlorine dioxide releasing compositions: The creation of chlorine dioxide in a water system can be accomplished by an improved mixture of components that includes a chlorite salt, oxidizing chlorine releasing agent(s) and an acid source and these improved combinations of materials can be pre-measured and delivered into a water system in sealed water soluble...

20050249659 - Scour media for titanium dioxide production: Anatase titanium dioxide pigment calcined to a crush strength and density meeting the requirements for an acceptable scour medium is effectively utilized as a scour medium in the chloride process for producing rutile titanium dioxide. The calcining process converts a portion of the anatase pigment to rutile. This calcined anatase...

20050249660 - Nanostructured zinc oxide photocatalyst for visible light and manufacturing method of the same: A powdered photocatalyst and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method of the photocatalytic nanopowders is achieved by the non-transferred DC plasma apparatus in an atmosphere of nitrogen at around 1 atm. The nitrogen-containing gas is used as the plasma-forming gas. After the generation of the nitrogen-plasma in the...

20050249661 - Crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve having octaoxygen-membered ring pore, process for producing the same and process for producing methylamine with the molecular sieve as catalyst: Problems on catalyst production and catalyst performance with respect to conventional 8-oxygen-membered ring micropore-containing crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves as non-equilibrium methylamine synthesis catalysts, are resolved. A chabazite type crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having high purity and high crystallinity and having, on a crystal grain surface, an amorphous oxide layer whose...

20050244317 - Method and device for separating gaseous pollutants from hot process gases by absorption and a mixer for moistening particulate dust: In a method of separating gaseous pollutants from hot process gases, the process gases are passed through a contact reactor (22), in which an absorbent material in a moistened state is introduced to convert the gaseous pollutants into separable dust. The dust is separated in a dust separator (10). The...

20050244319 - Air pollution control: In a method of controlling air pollution, a combustion gas is passed through a slurry of an alkaline-earth metal sulfide and a redox buffer (e.g., a phosphate), preferably in combination with an alkaline-earth metal carbonate and/or hydroxide. A composition for removing a heavy metal from a combustion gas is also...

20050244318 - Maritime emissions control system: An Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) comprises several Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs) of different size and/or shape, an Emissions Capture System (ECS), and an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) mounted on an Unpowered Seagoing Barge (USB). The EIB comprises a cage formed by downward curved ribs, a shroud...

20050244320 - Denitrification method: b) addition of a hydrocarbon, of carbon monoxide, of hydrogen or of a mixture of one or more of these gases to the NOx- and N2O-containing gas for the reduction of the N2O and c) introduction of the gas mixture into at least one reaction zone at temperatures of up...

20050244321 - Cathode materials for secondary (rechargeable) lithium batteries: The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine, a modified olivine, or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO4)3− as at least one constituent for use as electrode material for...

20050244322 - Hollow-structured mesoporous silica material and preparation process: A hollow-structured mesoporous silica material composed of hollow silica particles that have a shell having radial-arrayed channels, and a process for its preparation. The thin-shell type of mesoporous materials with different morphologies are prepared by growing and synthesizing mesoporous silica on the surface of calcium carbonate nanoparticles with different shapes...

20050244323 - Method for the preparation of aerogels: A method for the preparation of aerogels that involves the exchange of the liquid present in the aquagel with xenon and the subsequent extraction thereof....

20050244324 - Acicular silicon crystal and process for producing the same: By uniformly forming an indefinite number of microscopic acicular crystals on a surface of a silicon substrate so as to be perpendicular to the surface of the substrate by plasma CVD method using a catalyst, it is possible to reliably, homogeneously and massively form an ultramicroscopic acicular silicon crystal having...

20050244325 - Carbon nanotube, electron emission source including the same, electron emission device including the electron emission source,and method of manufacturing the electron emission device: A carbon nanotube (CNT) with Raman spectrum having a G band and a D band, includes a ratio of a G band peak integral IG and a D band peak integral ID is 5 or greater. Further, there is an electron emission source including the CNT, an electron emission device...

20050244326 - Method for fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubes: The invention relates generally to dispersing and fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubes, which can be derivatized to facilitate fractionation, for example, by adding solubilizing moieties to the nanotubes....

20050244327 - Catalytic growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particles: Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been synthesized by the catalytic decomposition of both carbon monoxide and ethylene over a supported metal catalyst known to produce larger multi-walled nanotubes. Under certain conditions, there is no termination of nanotube growth, and production appears to be limited only by the diffusion of reactant gas...

20050244328 - Reactor for production of chlorine dioxide, methods of production of same, and related systems and methods of using the reactor: A novel chlorine dioxide production apparatus, or reactor, is disclosed. The reactor receives reactants from two or more feed pipes under pressure, and the reactants react in a reaction chamber that operates under elevated pressure and within a specified temperature range. A gaseous product, such as chlorine dioxide, is generated...

20050244329 - Process for the production of hydrogen with very high purity from alcohols that comprise at least two carbon atoms: Process for the production of high-purity hydrogen from an ethanol or higher-alcohol feedstock, employing a vapor reforming unit, a carbon monoxide conversion unit and a membrane separation unit and comprising intense thermal integration that is obtained by combustion under the control of an effluent of the process so as to...

20050244330 - Itq-31 crystalline solid, and a process for its preparation: The invention concerns a crystalline solid, designated ITQ-31, which has the X ray diffraction diagram given below. Said solid has a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxide, defined by the general formula XO2: mYO2:pZ2O3:qR:sF, in which R represents an organic nitrogen-containing template, X...