Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 01/06

20060018813 - Method of separating and purifying yttrium-90 from strontium-90: The present invention provides a method of separating and purifying Yttrium-90 (Y-90) from Strontium-90 (Sr-90). In addition, a zirconium (Zr) clean-up step for the Y-90 is provided. Uses of the Y-90 purified by the method include cancer research and treatment. Y-90 is particularly useful in cell directed therapy, e.g., where...

20060018814 - Processing method of gas and processing apparatus of gas: A processing method of gas containing water and nitrogen oxides, which comprises the steps of bringing the gas into contact with a water adsorbent to remove water contained in the gas, and then, bringing the gas into contact with a palladium catalyst to remove nitrogen oxides contained in the gas....

20060018815 - Perovskite complex oxide and catalyst: A perovskite complex oxide is provided whose ratio of thermogravimetric weight decrease between 50° C. and 180° C. to thermogravimetric weight decrease between 50° C. and 1000° C. is not less than 30% and which contains, for example, one or more rare earth element species and one or more transition...

20060018816 - Diluted magnetic semiconducting zno single crystal: A new diluted magnetic semiconductor-spintronics material and method for its production are disclosed. The material can be in bulk or thin film form. The material comprises zinc oxide (ZnO) which includes a transition element or a rare earth lanthanide, or both, in an amount sufficient to change the material from...

20060018817 - Synthesis and use of hypothiocyanite: A method of producing hypothiocyanite by combining a hypohalous acid and thiocyanate....

20060018818 - Aluminum nitride powder, method for producing the same and use thereof: Using a vapor phase reaction apparatus shown in FIG. 1, ammonia gas was fed from a reactor 2 heated at from 300 to 500° C. and maintained at that temperature by a heating section 1 via a feeding tube 4 while being regulated by a flow regulator 3. At the...

20060018819 - Desulfurization process of pastel and grids of lead accumulators: The present invention relates to a desulfurization process of pastel and grids of lead accumulators comprising a carbonation in two steps, a granulometric separation between the two steps followed by specific desulfurization of the large part, a desodification obtaining the conversion of the PbSO4 contained in the pastel into PbCO3...

20060018820 - Magnetic stimulated nucleation of single crystal diamonds: An apparatus for the crystalline, mass and selective syntheses of diamonds and carbon nanotubes (CNT) includes a chamber having at least one source of carbon and possibly a source of metal on a substrate surface (atoms, clusters and/or nanoparticles); at least one resistance heating element; at least one exciting and...

20060018821 - Method for manufacturing manganese oxide nanostructure and oxygen reduction electrode using said manganese oxide nanostructure: It is an object of the present invention to provide an oxygen reduction electrode having excellent oxygen reduction catalysis ability. In a method of manufacturing a manganese oxide nanostructure having excellent oxygen reduction catalysis ability and composed of secondary particles which are aggregations of primary particles of manganese oxide, a...

20060018822 - Zirconia porous body and manufacturing method thereof: A zirconia porous body with excellent stability of heat resistance is manufactured. This relates to a zirconia porous body having peaks at pore diameters of 8 to 20 nm and 30 to 100 nm in a pore distribution based on the BJH method, with a total pore volume of 0.4...

20060018823 - Plasma-catalytic conversion of carbonaceous matters: The process and the device of assistance by electric discharge plasma for a partial oxidization of various liquids or gas, has for object the gas rich production of CO and H2 (syngas) can contain the CH4 and C2H4 also, this without soot formation. Carbonaceous matters considered here are fossil origin...

20060018824 - Production of hydrogen from non-cyclic organic substances having multiple alcohol functionality: A method of producing hydrogen gas from a reaction of an organic substance having multiple alcohol functionality with a base. Hydrogen can be produced in a reaction of a base with an organic substance having multiple alcohol functionality that may proceed through the formation of a bicarbonate or carbonate compound...

20060013752 - Method for producing improved cerium oxide abrasive particles and compositions including such particles: Provided are methods for manufacturing improved cerium oxide abrasives suitable for forming slurry compositions suitable for CMP processes. The cerium oxide abrasives are produced by the heat treatment of a mixture of a cerium precursor compound under conditions that produce primary cerium oxide particles that are incorporated in larger secondary...

20060013753 - Reversible hydrogen storage systems: The invention provides compositions for reversible storage of hydrogen at industrially practicable temperature and pressure conditions. Hydrogen storage material systems comprising stable hydrides and destabilizing hydrides. When the stable hydride is in the presence of the destabilizing hydride, the stable hydride releases hydrogen at a lower energy level than it...

20060013754 - Silica gel comprising guanidine carbonate: A process of preparing a silica sol is described. The process involves reacting a fresh sol with guanidine carbonate. The reaction may be conducted in the presence of a base (e.g., sodium water glass), and at a pH of from 8 to 12. The process of the present invention may...

20060013755 - Method for production of nitrate-containing products from undercooling melts: The invention concerns a method for the production of nitrate containing products (fertilizers, technical products) from undercooling melts, wherein a XN—water solution is evaporated up to a content of 50-99.8 weight % XN, where X is one or more selected from Ca, Mg, NH, Na and K, and N means...

20060013756 - Templated growth of carbon nanotubes: A method of growing carbon nanotubes uses a synthesized mesoporous silica template with approximately cylindrical pores being formed therein. The surfaces of the pores are coated with a carbon nanotube precursor, and the template with the surfaces of the pores so-coated is then heated until the carbon nanotube precursor in...

20060013758 - Method of selecting structure of carbon nanotube through photoirradiation: A method for selectively obtaining carbon nanotubes having specific structures by selectively obtaining carbon nanotubes having structures different from the structures of the carbon nanotubes to be vanished by irradiating carbon nanotubes with a light beam of single wavelength so as to have carbon nanotubes in specific electron states in...

20060013757 - Process for processing carbon material: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of fibrous carbon which comprises contacting a metallic catalyst with a carbon-containing gas at elevated temperature, characterized in that said catalyst is a porous metal comprising a transition metal or an alloy thereof....

20060013760 - Autothermal reforming catalyst: A catalyst and methods of production and use are provided. The catalyst may be used to reform fuels to hydrogen for use in fuel cells. The fuels may include sulfur....

20060013761 - Isolated hydrogen production process: A method for operating a hydrogen production process with reduced incidents of hydrogen explosions by separating a hydrogen production step from a heat source by locating the hydrogen production step and the hydrogen heat source a substantial distance apart. Costs are not significantly increased by the substantial distance due to...

20060013759 - Systems and methods for hydrogen production: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing hydrogen in a reactor having a non-catalytic hydrogen selective permeable membrane in thermal contact with a reaction zone....

20060013762 - Process and reactor for the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide: The present invention pertains to a process for the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons involving: a) supplying a gaseous stream of hydrocarbons and a molecular-oxygen containing gas to a first reaction zone having a fluidized bed of partial oxidation catalyst; b) catalytically partially oxidizing the hydrocarbons in...

20060013765 - Method for producing hydrogen gas by steam methane reforming using solar energy: Hydrogen gas is produced by reacting a carbon-hydrogen-containing species with water provided as a water reforming inflow at a reforming temperature to produce a primary reacted gas flow containing hydrogen gas. The carbon-hydrogen-containing species and water are heated to the reforming temperature with solar energy. The heating is preferably performed...

20060013763 - Process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a catalytic reformer: A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer having a first catalytic zone in a lead position followed by a second catalytic zone in a lag position operating at similar inlet temperatures to produce a predetermined conversion wherein the inlet temperature of the second...

20060013764 - Process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a catalytic reformer: A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer wherein the reformer is firstly operated at a predetermined catalyst circulation rate to produce hydrogen gas containing carbon monoxide and secondly the catalyst circulation rate is reduced to produce hydrogen gas having a lower concentration of...

20060013766 - Methods for reversibly storing hydrogen: The invention provides a method of reversibly storing hydrogen at industrially practicable temperature and pressure conditions. A stable hydrogen storage hydride is mixed with a destabilizing hydride. The stable hydride is capable of releasing hydrogen at a first energy level. When the stable hydride is in the presence of the...

20060008401 - Decomposition catalyst for nitrous oxide, process for producing the same and process for decomposing nitrous oxide: A method for decomposing nitrous oxide comprises contacting a catalyst for decomposing nitrous oxide with a nitrous oxide-containing gas at 200 to 600° C. The catalyst comprises a support and supported thereon at least one noble metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium and palladium. The support comprises silica or silica alumina....

20060008402 - Method for preparing activated silica for water treatment: A process is disclosed for the production of activated silica for water treatment. The process acidifies the silicate and uses caustic material to raise the pH to less than 12 to stabilize the activated silica. The process improves the efficiency of the coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation processes used in water treatment....

20060008403 - Reactant liquid system for facilitating the production of carbon nanostructures: A method includes isolating carbon atoms as conditioned carbide anions below a surface of a reactant liquid. The conditioned carbide anions are then enabled to escape from the reactant liquid to a collection area where carbon nanostructures may form. A carbon structure produced in this fashion includes at least one...

20060008404 - Hetero-nanocapsule and method of preparing the same: Hetero-nanocapsule, which is a carbon nanocapule containing heteroatoms, comprises a closed graphite layer represented by a chemical formula C(D)x, wherein C is carbon atom exhibiting sp2 hybrid orbital, D is hetero-atom, such as B, N, P, or S atom, bonded to the carbon atom; and X is a molar equivalent...

20060008406 - Method and apparatus for preparing a collection surface for use in producing carbon nanostructures: A method includes producing deposition conditions in a collection area above a reactant liquid containing one or more catalyst metals. The reactant liquid is maintained under conditions in which atoms of the catalyst metal may escape from the reactant liquid into the collection area. A suitable carrier gas is directed...

20060008405 - Method and apparatus for producing carbon nanostructures: A method includes liberating carbon atoms from hydrocarbon molecules by reaction with or in a reactant liquid and maintaining the liberated carbon atoms in an excited state. The chemically excited liberated carbon atoms are then enabled to traverse a surface of the reactant liquid and are directed across a collection...

20060008408 - Fibrous nano-carbon and preparation method thereof: This invention relates to fibrous nanocarbons, especially to ladder-structured and pair-structured fibrous nanocarbons, and the preparation thereof. Specifically, the fibrous nanocarbons of this invention, which are designed to be used for molecular composite materials, fuel cell catalyst supports, organic reaction catalyst supports, gas storage of methane and hydrogen, electrodes or...

20060008407 - Ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes: This invention provides a method of making single-wall carbon nanotubes by laser vaporizing a mixture of carbon and one or more Group VIII transition metals. Single-wall carbon nanotubes preferentially form in the vapor and the one or more Group VIII transition metals catalyzed growth of the single-wall carbon nanotubes. In...

20060008409 - Manufacture of high-strength, low-salt sodium hypochlorite bleach: A process and apparatus for the manufacture of high-strength, low-salt sodium hypochlorite. An aqueous solution that comprises certain weight percentages of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide and that is essentially free of sodium chloride (salt) crystals, an aqueous solution that comprises a certain weight percentage of sodium hydroxide, and chlorine...

20060008410 - Purification of hydrochloric acid obtained as by-product in the synthesis of methanesulfonic acid: Process for purifying the hydrochloric acid obtained as by-product in the synthesis of MSA, characterized in that the gaseous flow of hydrogen chloride evacuated from the top of the synthesis reactor is placed in contact in a treatment column, counter-currentwise, with a flow consisting of an aqueous solution of an...

20060008411 - Process for producing anhydrous alkali sulfide: A process and a device for producing anhydrous alkali sulfide, wherein hydrous alkali sulfide is dried by fluidized bed spray granulation....

20060008412 - 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 peptized solution including a titanium precursor material, an organic solvent,...

20060008413 - Catalyst and process for improving the adiabatic steam-reforming of natural gas: A process for adiabatically prereforming a feedstock, includes: providing an adiabatic reactor; providing a catalyst containing 1-20 wt. % nickel and 0.4-5 wt. % potassium, wherein the catalyst has an overall catalyst porosity of 25-50% with 20-80% of the overall catalyst porosity contributed by pores having pore diameters of at...

20060008414 - Hydrogen generator: A hydrogen generator is formed of a strip of corrugated material that has been folded back and forth upon itself to define a monolith having multiple fluid flow regions. At least one of these regions is used for combustion, and at least one of these regions is used for steam...

20060002834 - Processing of acid-consuming mineral materials involving treatment with acidic biooxidation effluent: In one aspect the present invention provides a method of recovering gold from each of at least two different refractory gold-bearing sulfidic mineral materials. A first mineral material is subjected to biooxidation pretreatment to release gold locked within sulfide minerals. The biooxidation produces an acidic biooxidation liquor effluent that contains...

20060002835 - Method for nickel and cobalt recovery from laterite ores by reaction with concentrated acid and water leaching: A process for leaching laterite ores containing limonite and saprolite in a two stage process. The first stage consisting of mixing and reacting the ore with concentrated mineral acid, and the second stage consisting of preparing a slurry of the acid/ore mixture in water and leaching the mixture to dissolve...

20060002836 - Method and device for improving indoor air quality using window: Disclosed herein is a method and a device for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) using a window. The indoor air quality is automatically controlled so that a contaminant content of air is maintained at or below an allowable limit, and the evaluated indoor air quality is numerically displayed. The method,...

20060002837 - Processes for making rare earth metal oxycarbonates: Rare earth metal compounds, particularly lanthanum, cerium, and yttrium, are formed as porous particles and are effective in binding metals, metal ions, and phosphate. A method of making the particles and a method of using the particles is disclosed. The particles may be used in the gastrointestinal tract or the...

20060002838 - Iron silicide powder and method for production thereof: Provided is iron suicide powder in which the content of oxygen as the gas component is 1500 ppm or less, and a method of manufacturing such iron silicide powder including the steps of reducing iron oxide with hydrogen to prepare iron powder, heating the iron powder and Si powder in...

20060002839 - Silicide compositions containing alkali metals and methods of making the same: The invention relates to a method of making alkali metal silicide compositions, and the compositions resulting from the method, comprising mixing an alkali metal with silicon and heating the resulting mixture to a temperature below about 475° C. The resulting compositions do not react with dry O2. Also, the invention...

20060002840 - Pseudoisothermal ammonia process: Ammonia is produced in a reactor 22, 24, 246, 248, 250 or 252, in which pseudoisothermal conditions can be approached by convective cooling of a reaction zone of the reactor by positioning at least a portion of the reaction zone in indirect contact with a flow of hot gas such...

20060002841 - Polymer and method for using the polymer for noncovalently functionalizing nanotubes: A new, non-wrapping approach to functionalizing nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, in organic and inorganic solvents is provided. In accordance with certain embodiments, carbon nanotube surfaces are functionalized in a non-wrapping fashion by functional conjugated polymers that include functional groups. Various embodiments provide polymers that noncovalently bond with carbon nanotubes...

20060002843 - Emulsions including surface-modified organic molecules: The invention is related to emulsions containing surface-modified organic molecules, organic polymeric microspheres, or combinations thereof....

20060002842 - Ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation method thereof: The present invention discloses ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation of the same. Specifically, the present ultra-fine fibrous carbon is characterized by the graphite-like structure with the sp2 hybrid carbon content of more than 95% per total content; the (002) plane interlayer spacing (d002, d-spacing of C(002) profiles determined by X-ray...

20060002844 - Manufacturing methods of catalysts for carbon fiber composition and carbon material compound, manufacturing methods of carbon fiber and catalyst material for fuel cell, and catalyst material for fuel cell: The carbon fibers of this invention is characterized in that irreducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm and reducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm were mixed by pulverizing and then, the mixture was heat treated under the...

20060002845 - Sulfuric acid process: A method of operating the standard Westinghouse Sulfur Process (2) or the standard Iodine Sulfur Process (4) both having the common initial reaction of H2SO4⇄SO2+H2O+O.5O2, where over 760° C. of heat is required for the decomposition, and where the final reaction provides H2 (6), where all the reactions proceed at...

20060002847 - Direct hydrogen peroxide production using staged hydrogen addition: An improved catalytic process for producing hydrogen peroxide directly by reaction of hydrogen and oxygen is disclosed. The process employs staged or sequential feeding of portions of the hydrogen feedstream into zones in the catalytic reactor in amounts sufficient to maintain an essentially constant and preferred ratio of oxygen to...

20060002846 - Process for preparing hydrogen peroxide:

20060002848 - Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel: This invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel. A process for conducting a water shift reaction is disclosed. A multichannel reactor with cross flow heat exchange is disclosed....

20060002849 - Aluminosilicate compositions, preparation and use: A metalloaluminosilicate composition includes an aluminosilicate composition having an aluminosilicate framework and containing at least one metal, wherein a substantial portion of the metal is incorporated into the aluminosilicate framework. A higher concentration of the metal is incorporated into the framework of the catalyst than is present at the surface...