Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 03/06

20060067864 - Process for producing inorganic spheres: To provide a process for producing inorganic spheres having a substantially uniform particle size with high productivity. In a process for producing inorganic spheres, which comprises a step of injecting an alkaline aqueous liquid containing an inorganic compound into a laminar flow of an organic liquid containing a surfactant through...

20060067865 - Systems and methods for removing materials from flue gas via regenerative selective catalytic reduction: Regenerative selective catalytic reduction (RSCR) systems and process are provided whereby NOx levels in gases are reduced by mixing the gas with a reactant and then introducing the gas into an RSCR apparatus for treatment that entails heating the gas, causing the gas to undergo one or more catalytic reactions,...

20060067866 - Attrition resistant, zinc titanate-containing, reduced sorbents and methods of use thereof: Reduced sulfur gas species (e.g., H2S, COS and CS2) are removed from a gas stream by compositions wherein a zinc titanate ingredient is associated with a metal oxide-aluminate phase material in the same particle species. Nonlimiting examples of metal oxides comprising the compositions include magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, calcium oxide,...

20060067867 - Highly dispersible fine hydrophobic silica powder and process for producing the same: A high dispersible hydrophobic fine silica powder can be made, wherein the silica powder has hydrophobicity of more than 50%, triboelectrostatic charge of more than −500 μC/g, decomposition rate of an organic group on the powder surface of less than 15%, transmittance of a 5% alcoholic dispersion liquid of more...

20060067868 - Metal and oxides thereof and methods to make same: Metal oxides and metals are described. The metal oxides and metals, such as silica, are preferably obtained by removing a removable template to obtain a metal oxide or metal material. Applications and uses of the material are further described....

20060067869 - Lime treatment: Methods of obtaining a solution of calcium ions from lime (e.g. carbide lime) are disclosed. In one aspect the method comprises (i) treating the lime with an aqueous solution of a polyhydroxy compound (preferably sorbitol) having three or more hydroxy groups and a straight chain of 3 to 8 carbon...

20060067870 - P-type semiconductor carbon nanotube and method of manufacturing the same: A p-type semiconductor carbon nanotube and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The p-type semiconductor carbon nanotube includes a carbon nanotube; and a halogen element that is attached to an inner wall of the carbon nanotube and accepts electrons from the carbon nanotube to achieve p-type doping of...

20060067872 - Method of preparing catalyst base for manufacturing carbon nanotubes and method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes employing the same: A novel method of forming a catalyst base that can control the growth density of carbon nanotubes and increase the uniformity of the carbon nanotubes and a method of synthesizing carbon nanotubes employing the method of forming the catalyst base are provided. A precursor paste containing a catalytic metal precursor,...

20060067871 - Methods and devices for growth and/or assembly of nanostructures: The present invention relates to the synthesis and processing of materials, including nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Methods and devices are presented for controlling the growth and/or assembly of nanostructures, in some cases using small channel-type environments (e.g., microfluidic channels). In these micro-scale environments, forces can be applied to...

20060067873 - Process for the production of chlorine dioxide: The invention relates to a process for the continuous production of chlorine dioxide under non-crystallising conditions in at least two reaction vessels comprising the steps of feeding to a first reaction vessel alkali metal chlorate, a mineral acid and hydrogen peroxide to form an acidic reaction medium maintained in said...

20060067874 - Method of producing a nickel salt solution: e

20060067875 - Method for purifying gas containing hydrocarbons: To create an improved process of cleaning hydrocarbonaceous gas, in which the energy consumption and hence the costs for generating a feed gas rather rich in H2S for the Claus plant can be decreased distinctly, it is proposed in accodance with the invention that before the absorption and regeneration plant...

20060067876 - Methods for fabricating calcium zincate for negative electrodes: This invention discloses methods for fabricating calcium zincate, an active material for negative electrodes of alkaline storage batteries. These fabrication methods are nucleation methods that use calcium zincate with small granule diameter as seeds to fabricate the calcium zincate. The methods include the following steps: (a) adding calcium zincate as...

20060067877 - Novel alumina-on-alumina composite supports: The invention relates to the field of catalyst supports presenting a pore volume having an at least bimodal distribution, thus defining a main porosity and a secondary porosity, the main porosity being of an average size greater than the secondary porosity....

20060067878 - Metal alanates doped with oxygen: A metal alanate material useful for reversible hydrogen storage as in fuel cell applications includes a metal alanate material that is doped with oxygen. In discussed examples, the metal alanate material is one of an alkali metal alanate or mixed alkali metal-alkaline earth metal alanate. In some examples, the oxygen...

20060057042 - Reprocessing method by fluoride volatility process using fractional distillation: Fluorine or a fluorine compound is subjected to a reaction with a spent oxide fuel to produce fluorides of uranium and plutonium, and recovering the fluorides using a difference in volatility behavior. The method includes steps of: subjecting a mixture of UO2 and PuO2 with hydrogen fluoride mixed with hydrogen...

20060057043 - Reprocessing method by fluoride volatility process using solid-gas separation: Fluorine or a fluorine compound is subjected to a reaction with a spent oxide fuel to produce fluorides of uranium and plutonium, and the fluorides are recovered using a difference in volatility behavior. The spent oxide fuel is subjected to a reaction with an HF gas, whereby uranium, plutonium and...

20060057045 - Exhaust gas decomposition processor: A gas decomposition processor, has a wet removal device for removing solid substances contained in a processed gas; a preheating device for heating the processed gas; and a reactor for decomposing the processed gas, wherein the wet removal device has a plurality of spray nozzles including a spray nozzle for...

20060057044 - Method for scavenging mercury: Disclosed herein is a method for removing mercury from a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a getter composition comprising bromine, bromochloride, sulphur bromide, sulphur dichloride or sulphur monochloride and mixtures thereof. In one preferred embodiment the getter composition is adsorbed onto a sorbent. The sorbent may be...

20060057046 - Pressure-balanced, catalyzed soot filter: The invention provides a catalyzed soot filter formed on a wall flow substrate having internal walls coated with catalyst compositions. The soot filter maintains a homogeneous flow of the exhaust gases through the internal walls of the substrate along the length of the filter due to the coating design. Both...

20060057047 - Process for removal of so2 from off-gases by reaction with h2o2: A process for removal of SO2 in off-gases having a temperature of 30-150° C. and containing 0.001-1 vol % SO2 in which the SO2 is oxidised to H2 SO4 by spraying an aqueous solution of H2O2 into the off-gas upstream of an aerosol filter removing the produced sulphuric acid from...

20060057048 - Method for preparing nanoparticles comprising cerium oxide and zirconium: This invention provides a method for preparing nanoparticles comprising cerium oxide and zirconium and having a narrow size distribution. The method comprises providing a first aqueous solution comprising zirconium oxychloride and providing a second aqueous solution comprising a first component which is either cerium nitrate or hexamethylenetetramine. The second aqueous...

20060057049 - Hydrogen generation material: The dispersion of metal-element containing additives with hydrogen storage particles of the family of hydrogen-rich materials, M′xM″yNzHd as specified herein, markedly lowers the temperature at which hydrogen is removed from the particles. For example, the dispersion of additives containing one or more of iron, nickel, palladium, or platinum with particles...

20060057050 - Synthesis of boron carbide nanoparticles: The present invention relates generally to reinforced carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes composite materials. In particular, the present invention provides reinforced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a plurality...

20060057051 - Highly ordered porous carbon materials having well defined nanostructures and method of synthesis: Applicant's present invention comprises a method for fabricating porous carbon materials having highly ordered nanostructures comprising the steps of first, forming a precursor solution comprising a block copolymer template and a carbon precursor; second, forming a self-assembled nanostructured material from the precursor solution; third annealing the nanostructured material thereby forming...

20060057052 - Refined carbon material: A method of efficiently removing active oxy-hydrogens (e.g., existing as hetero element-containing functional groups such as COOH, CHO, and OH) present in a carbon material at a relative low temperature. The invention also provides a carbon-activating material adapted for use in a polarizable electrode typically used in an electrical double-layer...

20060057054 - Carbon nano-fibrous rod, fibrous nano carbon, and method and apparatus for preparing fibrous nano carbon: A carbon nano-fibrous rod 12 is constituted of a hexagonal carbon layer 11 having a central axis extending in one direction, and the carbon nano-fibrous rods 12 are three-dimensionally gathered to form fibrous nanocarbon....

20060057053 - Polymer-coated carbon nanotube: By coating the outer surface of carbon nanotubes with various polymers of different properties, such properties as insulation property, reactivity, optical visibility, solvent dispersion property and so on are given to the outer surface of the carbon nanotubes....

20060057055 - Rhenium catalysts and methods for production of single-walled carbon nanotubes: The present invention is a method and catalyst for selectively producing single-walled carbon nanotubes. The catalyst comprises rhenium and a Group VIII transition metal, for example Co, which is preferably disposed on a support material to form a catalytic substrate. In the method, a carbon-containing gas is exposed to the...

20060057056 - Process and installation for the treatment of dso: The invention relates to a process for the treatment of gas containing mercaptans and acid gases, comprising the following steps: (1) separating the acid gases from the said gas and obtaining a sweetened gas and the flow of acid gases containing H2S; (2) reacting the H2S thus obtained in step...

20060057057 - Process for preparing hydrogen peroxide from the elements: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide from oxygen or oxygen-delivering substances and hydrogen or hydrogen-delivering substances in the presence of at least one catalyst containing a metal-organic framework material, wherein said framework material comprises pores and a metal ion and an at least...

20060057058 - Process for reforming ethanol: Process for selectively reforming ethanol to a hydrogen-rich product in the presence of at least one catalyst comprising a catalytically active material supported on a carrier, the process comprising the following steps in which the at least one catalyst is active: transferring a stream of ethanol and steam and a...

20060057059 - System for reforming heavy oil, method therefor, and combined cycle power system: A heavy oil reforming system includes a reforming preheater raising the temperature of a mixed fluid comprising a high pressure heavy oil and high pressure steam up to a temperature for reforming reaction. The mixed fluid having been heated up to the temperature for reforming reaction is introduced into a...

20060057060 - Method of producing synthesis gas: A method of producing a synthesis gas which contains hydrogen and carbon dioxide. A hydrocarbon mioxture is pre-reformed to create a first mixture. The first mixture is then reformed in a catalytic ceramic membrane reactor (RCMC) with oxidizing an oxidizing mixture to form a raw synthesis gas. The oxidizing mixture...

20060057061 - Determination of the hydrogen storage capacity of novel sepiolite-derived carbonaceous materials: Carbonaceous nanofibers derived from a one dimensional channeled material having hydrogen adsorbed on the surfaces thereof are disclosed as a well as a method of storing hydrogen in which a plurality of carbonaceous nanofibers derived from a one dimensional channeled material are provided, and the nanofibers are contacted with hydrogen...

20060051267 - Purification of titanium tetrachloride: The present invention is a process for reducing raw material yield losses resulting from the passivation aluminum chloride and vanadium chlorides in the chlorinator discharge in a carbochlorination process for making titanium tetrachloride....

20060051268 - Method for attacking bauxite enhancing filterability of sludge in attack output: Process for the treatment of bauxite (10) by alkaline digestion, typically using the Bayer process in order to obtain alumina hydrate, characterized in that ground bauxite (11, 15) is added directly into an alkaline solution (21a) that is drawn off and that will be reinserted into the Bayer aluminate liquor...

20060051269 - Method of separating and purifying cesium-131 from barium nitrate: The present invention provides a method of separating and purifying Cesium-131 (Cs-131) from Barium (Ba). Uses of the Cs-131 purified by the method include cancer research and treatment, such as for the use in brachytherapy. Cs-131 is particularly useful in the treatment of faster growing tumors....

20060051270 - Removal of volatile metals from gas by solid sorbent capture: A method for removal of mercury from gas, using chemically treated carbons, including the contact of the mercury-containing gas with a chemically treated substrate, wherein the substrate surface has developed metal oxide, carbonyl and halide functionalities....

20060051271 - Filter body for a soot filter: Filter body with internal cavities for use in particulate filters for internal combustion engines, which is preferably produced using micro-patterning processes employed in semiconductor technology, such as for example etching or patterned deposition. Integrated resistance heating can be realized by means of the choice of an electrically conductive material for...

20060051272 - Catalytic converter for 2-cycle engines or small engines: A catalytic converter is provided for 2-cycle stratified scavenging engines or engines with comparable exhaust-gas composition, the converter having a wash coat with an active phase containing one or more noble metals on a heat-resistant carrier. The portion of an oxygen storage component in the wash coat is less than...

20060051273 - Method for removing soot of combustion exhaust gas: Disclosed is a method of processing a composition comprising soot. The method includes supplying a first composition comprising soot particles to a first chamber. The first chamber is separated from a second chamber with a filter wall located therebetween. The soot particles are collected with the filter wall in the...

20060051274 - Removal of carbon dioxide from air: The present invention is directed to methods for removing carbon dioxide from air, which comprises exposing solvent covered surfaces to air streams where the airflow is kept laminar, or close to the laminar regime. The invention also provides for an apparatus, which is a laminar scrubber, comprising solvent covered surfaces...

20060051275 - Apparatus and catalytic partial oxidation process for recovering sulfur from an h2s-containing gas stream: A process for purifying a light hydrocarbon stream containing H2S is disclosed in which the selective catalytic partial oxidation of the H2S component is carried out while the hydrocarbon components slip through substantially unconverted. A catalyst that favors the partial oxidation of H2S over conversion of the hydrocarbon component of...

20060051276 - Device for treatment of exhaust of an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for treatment of the exhaust of an internal combustion engine in which a fluid is used as an auxiliary agent for the treatment; a partial chemical conversion of the auxiliary agent is at least occasionally stimulated in order to produce a substance that reduces the...

20060051277 - Method and device for reducing the nox and n2o of gases: The method comprises the following steps: conduction of the gas containing N2O and NOx over a series of two catalyst beds consisting of one or more zeolites° charged with iron: addition of a reduction agent for NOx between the catalyst beds; setting of a temperature of less than 500° C....

20060051278 - Metal composite oxide with novel crystal structure and their use as ionic conductors: Disclosed is metal composite oxides having the new crystal structure. Also disclosed are ionic conductors including the metal composite oxides and electrochemical devices comprising the ionic conductors. The metal composite oxides have an ion channel formed for easy movement of ions due to crystallographic specificity resulting from the ordering of...

20060051279 - Process for production of silica from olivine: A process for producing from olivine precipitated silica with controlled specific surface area and high degree of purity. The process comprises adding olivine in a controlled manner to a heated mineral acid solution; after separating undissolved olivine and filtering the silica is slurried in aqueous solution to obtain a low...

20060051280 - Carbide nanofribrils and method of making same: A plurality of carbide, such as silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, etc., nanofibrils predominantly having diameters substantially less than about 100 nm and a method for making such carbide nanofibrils. The method includes the steps of: heating a plurality of carbon nanotubes or nanofibrils predominantly having diameters less than about 50...

20060051281 - Metal carbides and process for producing same: A metal carbide composition and a process for synthesizing metal carbides, through a single step process, wherein oxides of different metals, including, but not limited to Si, Ti, W, Hf, Zr, V, Cr, Ta, B, Nb, Al, Mn, Ni, Fe, Co, and Mo were physically mixed with spherical or filamentateous...

20060051282 - Synthesis of carbon nanostructures: A method for forming carbon nanostructures is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) synthesising a microporous template material comprising crystals having no dimension greater than about 2 μm, (b) heating the crystals in the presence of an inert gas or a mixture of an inert gas and a...

20060051283 - Method for producing carbon fiber, catalyst structure and membrane electrode junction body for solid polymer fuel cell: The invention relates to a method of producing carbon fibers characterized by oxidative-polymerizing a compound having an aromatic ring to obtain a fibril-shaped polymer and firing the fibril-shaped polymer in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, a novel catalyst structure using the carbon fibers obtained by this method, a membrane electrode assembly for...

20060051284 - Process for the preparation of concentrated solutions of stabilized hypobromites: The invention is a process for the preparation of stabilized aqueous solutions of alkali hypobromites, which comprises reacting a concentrated alkali hydroxide aqueous solution with bromine, allowing the mixture to react, adding to the reaction product, which is a non-stabilized solution, an aqueous solution of a sulfamic compound, such as...

20060051285 - Chlorine dioxide generation: e

20060051286 - Double replacement cation neutralization of high alkalinity waste materials: A method of treating hydroxide alkaline waste and by-products to render the material neutralized or reduced in pH from near 14 to a minimum lower limit of about 5.3 based on aluminum poly cation salts, rendering the waste or by-product stream suitable for ultimate disposal or reuse. The method comprises...

20060051287 - Processes for producing bi12mo20 precursors, bi12mo20 particles, and photo-conductor layers: A mixed solution of a bismuth salt and a metal alkoxide is mixed together with an aqueous alkali solution, and a Bi12MO20 precursor, in which M represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Ge, Si, and Ti, is thereby obtained. The Bi12MO20 precursor is...

20060051288 - Inorganic fine particles, inorganic raw material powder, and method for production thereof: The present invention provides new process for preparing inorganic fine particles, which suppresses agglomeration and adhesion of particles due to heat when preparing powder from a raw material liquid such as a slurry of zirconia hydrate fine particles in order to obtain inorganic raw material powder having sharp particle size...

20060051289 - Method of directly heat supplying type reforming of natural gas: In a Pt-modified Ni catalyst prepared by a sequential impregnation method, Pt metal atoms are heavily distributed chiefly on the surface of a Ni metal fine particle. By contrast, in a Pt-modified Ni catalyst prepared by a co-impregnation method, Pt metal atoms exist in the inside of the bulk of...

20060045829 - Process for the removal of heavy metals from gases, and compositions therefor and therewith: A composition containing ferrous sulfate and/or ferric sulfate and amorphous carbon is disclosed. A method of preparing such composition is also disclosed. The composition is employed in a process to remove a heavy metal from a gaseous feed stream which can optionally include a separate heavy metal adsorption stage....

20060045830 - Method for purifying gases: R5 is H or CH3 x is a number from 0 to 3 y is a number from 0 to 3 z is an integer between 1 and 30, and also, if appropriate, B) 0 to 99.9% by weight of water, and/or C) 0 to 99.9% by weight of any...

20060045831 - Aluminum phosphate or polyphosphate particles for use as pigments in paints and method of making same: An aluminum phosphate or polyphosphate-based pigment product is made by a process comprising contacting phosphoric acid with aluminum sulfate and an alkaline solution to produce an aluminum phosphate based product; and optionally calcining the aluminum phosphate based product at an elevated temperature, wherein the process is substantially free of an...

20060045832 - Phosphor mixture and light emitting device using the same: In order to provide a phosphor mixture which contains four or more kinds of phosphors comprising a red phosphor, an orange phosphor, a blue phosphor, and a green phosphor, and produce emission having excellent color rendering not only in the case of white light at a high color temperature, but...

20060045834 - Inorganic compound containing active oxygen and process for producing the same: The present invention relates to an active oxygen developing substance composed of an aluminosilicate obtained by heating hydrogarnet as a precursor substance at 700° C. or higher; an aluminosilicate catalyst supporting cobalt oxide, produced by supporting cobalt oxide on the surface of the aluminosilicate; a method for manufacturing these; and...

20060045833 - Method for preparing an aluminosilicate polymer and the polymer resulting from this method: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aluminosilicate polymer and the polymer resulting from this method. Said method consists in treating an aluminum halide with an alkyl orthosilicate only having hydrolyzable functions with an aqueous alkali, in the presence of silanol groups, aluminum concentration being maintained at...

20060045835 - Device and method for producing ammonia from solid urea pellets: A device for producing ammonia from urea pellets includes a pellet dispensing device, a pellet accelerator, a pellet shooting channel, and an ammonia reactor having a chamber or zone for shooting in urea pellets and a pellet deflector arranged on an end of the shooting path. The device further includes...

20060045836 - Formed product of line-structured substance composed of carbon element, and method of forming the same: The present invention proposes a method of readily and reliably forming CNTs independent of a substrate allowing a catalyst metal to deposit thereon, or an underlying material, even for the case where the substrate is not used, in which a titanium-cobalt composite particles are deposited, using a catalyst particle production...

20060045837 - Method and apparatus for heat treatment of powder of fine carbon fiber: Provided are a powder heat treatment process, wherein fine carbon fibers are heated in a heating furnace at a temperature of 800° C. or higher under an inert gas atmosphere or a hydrogen gas atmosphere in the form of powder taken out from a reaction furnace for producing the fine...

20060045838 - Nanotubes and methods of dispersing and separating nanotubes: A nanostructure having at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety non-covalently attached to the at least one nanotube. At least one dendrimer is bonded to the chemical moiety. The chemical moiety may include soluble polymers, soluble oligomers, and combinations thereof. A method of dispersing at least one...

20060045839 - Method for producing ferrite material and ferrite material: The present invention provides a production method of a ferrite material comprising as main constituents Fe2O3: 62 to 68 mol %, ZnO: 12 to 20 mol %, and MnO substantially constituting the balance, wherein the method comprises a compacting step for obtaining a compacted body by using a powder containing...

20060045840 - Process for preparing perovskite-type crystalline compound powders: A process for preparing perovskite-type compound Ax(BO3)y powders involving reacting a solution containing A and a solution containing B, or a combined solution comprising A and B, with an alkaline solution in a high-gravity reactor at a temperature ranging from about 60° C. to about 100° C. A is one...

20060045841 - Process for making titanium dioxide and resulting product: A process is disclosed for making titanium dioxide pigment particularly suited for dispersion in thermoplastics, in which the titanium dioxide pigment is recoverable from a slurry through the use of conventional vacuum-type and/or pressure-type filtration systems without the deposition of additional inorganic oxides and in the absence of added flocculating...

20060045842 - Microsystem process networks: Various aspects and applications of microsystem process networks are described. The design of many types of Microsystems can be improved by ortho-cascading mass, heat, or other unit process operations. Microsystems having exergetically efficient microchannel heat exchangers are also described. Detailed descriptions of numerous design features in microcomponent systems are also...

20060045844 - Hydrogen production process: The present invention provides a process for producing hydrogen by passing a hydrocarbon-containing gas over a ceramic monolith at a temperature sufficient to produce hydrogen; and passing an oxygen-containing gas over the ceramic monolith at a temperature sufficient to react with the carbon on the ceramic monolith and to produce...

20060045843 - Method for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, catalyst member therefor and method of manufacture: In one embodiment, a catalyst member can comprise a substrate configured for gas flow therethrough, a base metal catalytic component disposed in a base metal catalytic layer on the substrate, and a rhodium catalytic material disposed in a rhodium layer. The base metal catalytic component can comprises a base metal...