Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 04/06

20060088457 - Ultrasonic counter-current screw extractor for uranium recovery: An apparatus and method to remove uranium from a body of material wherein the method includes the steps of depositing the body of solid material in an ultrasonic extractor and depositing an amount of acid in the ultrasonic extractor. The method also provides for the steps of heating a jacket...

20060088458 - Method for metal heap and dump leaching coupled with metal solvent extraction: The disclosed invention provides a process for enhanced recovery of one or more metal values from heap and/or dump leaching of ores containing the metal values, the process comprising: (a) providing a high grade leach solution obtained by heap or dump leaching of fresh high grade ore containing a first...

20060088459 - Catalyst for treatment and control of post-combustion emissions: The present invention utilizes two precious metals with two to five different metal-oxides in a layered matrix to convert CO, HCs, and NOx to CO2, and N2 by oxidation of two components and reduction of the other in a moderately high temperature gaseous environment containing excess oxygen....

20060088460 - Systems and methods for air purification using supercritical water oxidation: Systems and methods using the properties of supercritical water to allow raw air including a contaminant to be combined with water and to be purified in a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) process. A supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) air purifier will generally take in a mixture of water and raw air...

20060088461 - Process for recovery and recycle of ammonia from a vapor stream: A process for the recovery of unreacted ammonia from the effluent from a reaction zone used to produce acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile comprising quenching the reactor effluent with an aqueous solution of ammonium phosphate in at least two stages, thereby capturing the ammonia component of the effluent. The captured ammonia may...

20060088462 - System for scrubbing alkyl halides from gases: Alkyl halides can be effectively scrubbed from gas streams containing them by passing the gas streams through dispersers having a very small pore size into an aqueous scrubbing liquid containing a nucleophile such as thiosulfate. Optionally, the addition of a water-soluble organic compound to the scrubbing liquid may increase the...

20060088463 - Process for preparing zirconium-cerium-based mixed oxides: A process for preparing zirconium-cerium-based mixed oxides which comprises reacting an alkali with an aqueous solution of a zirconium salt containing 0.42-0.7 mole of sulphate anion (SO42−) per mole of zirconium cation at a temperature of not greater than 50° C., in the presence of a cerium salt to form...

20060088464 - Novel compound, method for stabilizing schwertmannite, method for clarifying polluted water or polluted soil, and method for absorbing phosphoric acid: A new compound represented by a composition formula Fe8O8 (OH)8-2x((SO4)a, (HPO4)b)x (a+b=x, 1≦x≦1.75, 0<a≦1.658, 0.092≦b≦x) formed by adding a shwertmannite of a composition formula Fe8O8(OH)8-2x(SO4)x (1≦x≦1.75) to a phosphoric acid solution of a pH value of 2-9 thereby achieving a stabilization by an adsorption of phosphoric acid, shows a very...

20060088465 - Production of tetrabasic lead sulfate from solid state reactions for the preparation of active plates to be used in lead-acid batteries: A solid state reaction method for the production of tetrabasic lead sulfate includes the steps of mixing a stoichiometric mixture of 3PbO.PbSO4.H2O and PbO and heating the stoichiometric mixture of 3PbO.PbSO4.H2O and PbO at a temperature between 500 and 700° C. for 3 to 8 hours. The method also includes...

20060088466 - Vapor-deposition material for the production of layers of high refractive index: The present invention relates to vapor-deposition materials comprising Ta2Ox, where x=4.81 to 4.88, to processes for the preparation of the vapor-deposition materials, and to the use thereof for the production of layers of high refractive index....

20060088467 - Methods of storing hydrogen in hydrogen storage systems: In one aspect, the invention provides a method of storing hydrogen that comprises reacting two precursors to form a hydrogen storage composition comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, a Group 13 element, and an element selected from Group 1, Group 2 or mixtures thereof. In other aspects, the present invention provides a method...

20060088468 - Fuel gas production apparatus and method of starting operation of fuel gas production apparatus: A PSA mechanism has adsorption towers. Cleaning valves and off gas valves are connected to the adsorption towers. Valve positions of at least either the cleaning valves or the off gas valves are determined based on an operation suspension period of the PSA mechanism or internal conditions which vary depending...

20060088469 - Method for preparation and activation of multimetallic zeolite catalysts, a catalyst composition and application for n2o abatement: The present invention relates to the preparation and activation of multimetallic zeolites loaded with transition metals for N2O abatement in tail-gases from different sources. The N2O-containing gas is brought in contact with a catalyst comprising Fe and a second, third, or any additional transition metal (Cu, Co, Ni, Mn, Cr,...

20060088470 - Inorganic beads with hierarchical pore structures: Disclosed is a method for the production of porous inorganic beads with hierarchical pore structures for use, for example, in chromatographic separation procedures. The method comprises combining in a liquid medium at least one porous templating particle and a matrix material precursor under conditions such that the matrix material precursor...

20060083670 - Method and device for capturing ruthenium present in a gaseous effluent: The present invention relates to a method and a device for trapping ruthenium present in a gaseous effluent. The trapping method of the present invention comprises the use of an aqueous solution or slurry of an alkylene glycol polymer or an alkylene glycol copolymer, in which the alkylene(s) has (have)...

20060083671 - Discharge gas treatment catalyst and method and apparatus for treating discharge gas: The invention provides a discharge gas treatment catalyst which can effectively decreases NOx and SO3 contained in a discharge gas. The discharge gas treatment catalyst, for removing nitrogen oxide and sulfur trioxide from a discharge gas, includes a carrier which is formed of titania-tungsten oxide and which carries ruthenium, and...

20060083672 - Methods of conducting catalytic combustion in a multizone reactor, and a method of making a thermally stable catalyst support: The invention provides methods of combusting a fuel in a reactor that includes at least 3 zones each of which contains a solid catalyst. A method of making a thermally-stable alumina support from fumed alumina is also described....

20060083673 - High density carbon from coal: A high density carbon material produced from coal is described. The carbon material may have a density ranging from about 1.0 g/cc to about 1.6 g/cc and may have a crush strength of up to about 20,000 psi. The high density carbon material is produced by slowly heating comminuted swelling...

20060083674 - Method for forming catalyst metal particles for production of single-walled carbon nanotube: Provided is a process for forming catalyst metal fine particles for synthesizing a single-walled carbon nanotube by a CCVD process on a substrate, wherein a solution is prepared by dispersing or dissolving a catalyst metal salt of an organic compound or an inorganic compound in a solvent; the solution is...

20060083675 - Stable, catalyzed, high temperature combustion in microchannel, integrated combustion reactors: Catalysts containing 30 weight percent or more platinum have surprisingly been discovered to possess superior stability and activity for catalyzing combustion reactions. The addition of rhenium improves catalyst performance in fuel lean conditions but has undesirable effects in fuel rich conditions. The invention provides integrated combustion microreactors, chemical systems utilizing...

20060078485 - Process of making a water dispersible titanium dioxide pigment useful in paper laminates: The present invention relates to a process for making a titanium dioxide pigment having consisting of titanium dioxide and single layer of inorganic surface treatment consisting of aluminum phosphate wherein the pigment is characterized by and isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of...

20060078486 - Direct elemental synthesis of sodium borohydride: A method for producing sodium and boron from sodium metaborate by allowing sodium metaborate to react with at least one reductant....

20060078487 - Three dimensional high regular nano-porous inorganic material having fine pores and method for preparation thereof, and method for evaluation thereof: A nanoporous inorganic material with high three-dimensional regularity having a large number of fine pores having a nanometer-order size in an inorganic skeleton structure, which has a pore size of 0.5 to 5 nm at a peak of a pore size distribution determined from a nitrogen adsorption isotherm, and a...

20060078488 - Carbon material and process for producing the same: A carbon material of the present invention is insoluble in organic solvents, and has a peak height ratio H(B)/H(A) and a peak strength ratio I(D)/I(G) which are fall within the region defined by four points: (X, Y)=(0.86, 0.71), (0.65, 0.86), (0.28, 0.59) and (0.23, 0.63) in the coordinate system shown...

20060078489 - Synthesis of small and narrow diameter distributed carbon single walled nanotubes: Method and processes for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes is provided. A carbon precursor gas is contacted with metal deposited on a support material. The metal catalysts are preferably nanoparticles having diameters less than about 50 nm. The reaction temperature is selected such that it is near the eutectic point of...

20060078490 - Synthesis of water soluble nanocrystalline quantum dots and uses thereof: An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via an aqueous synthesis route. MS QDs are capped...

20060078491 - Process for sulfur removal suitable for treating high-pressure gas streams:

20060078492 - Perovskite titanium-containing composite oxide particle, production process and uses thereof: The present invention provides a perovskite titanium-containing composite oxide fine particle represented by the formula: (A1XA2(1−X))YTiO3±δ (wherein 0≦X≦1, 0.98≦Y≦1.02, 0≦δ≦0.05, A1 and A2 each is an atom selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb and Mg and are different from each other), wherein the specific surface area...

20060073087 - Method and apparatus for the formation of particles: The invention provides a method for forming particles of a substance, by co-introducing into a particle formation vessel, in which the temperature and pressure are controlled, of a supercritical fluid; a solution or suspension of the substance in a first vehicle; and a second vehicle which is both substantially miscible...

20060073088 - High purity phosphoric acid and method for production thereof: High purity phosphoric acid having an Sb content of 200 ppb or less and a sulfide ion content of 200 ppb or less as impurity contents on a 85 weight percent H3PO4 basis. The high purity phosphoric acid is useful as an etching solution for semiconductor devices having a silicon...

20060073090 - Carbon nanotube and method for producing same: Carbon nanotubes are provided which are made to grow on a plane, on surfaces of which particulates are supported. The particulates generated by particulate generator, after sizes of the particulates are selected by a particulate size selector, are sprayed, together with a carrier gas, from a nozzle, onto a carbon...

20060073089 - Carbon nanotube foam and method of making and using thereof: A method of making a carbon nanotube structure includes providing an array of substantially aligned carbon nanotubes, wetting the array with a liquid, and evaporating the liquid to form the carbon nanotube structure having a pattern in the carbon nanotube array. The structure is preferably a carbon nanotube foam....

20060073091 - Process for producing lithium transition metal oxides: A direct low temperature process for lithiating hydroxides and forming lithiated transition metal oxides of suitable crystallinity. Elemental transition metal powders are combined with an aqueous solution of lithium hydroxide. The aqueous slurry solution is subject to oxidation. The resultant lithium transition metal oxide is crystallized in-situ and subsequently removed...

20060073092 - Doped zinc oxide powder, process for its preparation, and its use: Pyrogenically prepared, doped zinc oxide powder, wherein the doping component comprises at least one oxide from the group aluminum, gallium, indium, germanium, tin and is present in the doped zinc oxide powder in an amount of from 0.005 to 15 wt. %, and wherein the doped zinc oxide powder is...

20060073093 - Method for producing an alpha-alumina powder: A method for producing an α-alumina powder is provided. T method for producing an α-alumina powder comprising steps of: (1) pulverizing a metal compound having a full width at half maximum (Ho) of a main peak in XRD pattern to obtain a seed crystal having a full width at half...

20060073094 - Uzm-12 and uzm-12 hs: crystalline aluminosilicate zeolitic compositions and processes for preparing and using the compositions: A series of crystalline alumino-silicate zeolites identified as UZM-12 have been synthesized. These UZM-12 compositions have the ERI topology, a Si/Al >5.5 and can be prepared as nanocrystallites having an average particle size of about 15 to about 50 nanometers and a spheroidal morphology. The UZM-12 composition can be treated...