Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 08/07

20070202024 - Phase transformation in molecular solids: This invention relates to a method for phase transformation in molecular solids and the use of high-energy mills of said method.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070202025 - Method for recovery of palladium: Due to its ability to activate small molecules, palladium is increasingly used mainly in catalysis. For example in 2002 the world demand for Pd for the production of catalytic converters for motor vehicles was 64% of the total, equal to 3.08 million oz. Its high cost coupled with the environmental... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070202026 - Exhaust gas purifying method and exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: The invention provides a technology that enables to prevent sulfur components contained in reducing agent added from flowing into an NOx catalyst thereby keeping a high NOx removing rate. An S-trapping catalyst 11 for trapping sulfur components contained in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine 1, an S-trapping... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070202027 - Multiple stage separator vessel: A novel multiple stage separator (MSS) vessel is disclosed wherein the vessel includes at least first and second stages or decks of separation cyclones, the stages arranged for operation in series. Each stage or deck includes an upper and lower tube sheet on which a plurality of cyclones are installed,... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20070202028 - Hybrid wet and dry electrostatic precipitator ammonia scrubber: A process reduces SOx emissions in a flue gas stream by adding a wet collector plate section to an existing electrostatic precipitator (ESP) or by converting the last field of an existing ESP to wet operation. To achieve the conversion, the last field or fields of an existing dry ESP... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20070202029 - Method of removing impurities from metallurgical grade silicon to produce solar grade silicon: Metallurgical grade silicon is purified by removing metallic impurities and non-metallic impurities. The object is to produce a silicon species that is suitable for use as solar grade silicon. The process involves grinding metallurgical grade silicon containing metallic and non-metallic impurities to a silicon powder consisting of particles of silicon... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20070202030 - Hydrophobic silica: Hydrophobic, pyrogenically produced silica having a tamped density of 55 to 200 g/l is produced by hydrophobizing pyrogenically produced silica and then compacting it. The silica may be used for the production of dispersions.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070202031 - Device and procedure for the production of ammonia: The invention concerns a device to produce ammonia as a reducing agent for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of a combustion source, especially of an internal combustion engine, whereby the ammonia is admixed with the exhaust gas in the direction of flow in... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070202032 - Process for producing caco3 or mgco3: The present invention relates to a process for producing CaCO3 or MgCO3 from a feedstock comprising a Ca- or Mg-comprising mixed metal oxide, wherein: (a) an aqueous slurry of the feedstock is contacted with a C02 containing gas to form an aqueous solution of Ca(HCO3)2 or Mg(HCO3)2 and a solid... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070202033 - Method of using carbide and/or oxycarbide containing compositions: Compositions including carbide-containing nanorods and/or oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or carbide containing nanorods and/or carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are also provided. The compositions... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070202034 - Production of carbon foam from coals: Methods for the production of carbon foam from swelling coals that do not require the use of high process pressures, oxidized coal, devolatized coal, or high-strength, foam expansion confining molds are described. In some embodiments, a comminuted swelling bituminous coal is heated to a first elevated temperature sufficient to result... Agent: Philip D. Lane

20070202035 - Fluidized bed method and reactor for carrying out exotermic chemical equilibruim reaction: The invention relates to a process for carrying out exothermic chemical equilibrium reactions in a fluidized-bed reactor, wherein there is a temperature distribution in the fluidized bed of the fluidized-bed reactor and the temperature difference between the lowest temperature and the highest temperature is at least 10 K. The invention... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070202036 - Production of barium titanate compounds: An ultrafine powder of barium titanate including solid solutions and doped compounds that meets up to specific characteristics is produced by method comprising two main steps. The first step is a reaction, typically in a Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor, between reactants to produce cubic-structure barium titanate composed of non-agglomerated ultrafine... Agent: Nathalie Jongen Techpowder Sa

20070202037 - Method for obtaining hydrogen:

20070202038 - Preparation of functionalized zeolitic frameworks: The disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks for gas separation, gas storage, catalysis and sensors. More particularly the disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks (ZIFs). The ZIF of the disclosure comprises any number of transition metals or a homogenous transition metal composition.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070196254 - Method and device for treating fumes generated during the production, conversion and/or handling of oil-based products: The invention relates to a method for treating fumes generated during the production, conversion and/or handling of oil-based products and a device for carrying out said method. The invention further relates to the use of the method or device in which the trapping device comprises at least one fluidised bed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070196255 - Process of gas treatment to remove pollutants: A process for the removal of a pollutant from a gas is provided that includes contacting a gas comprising a pollutant with a cataloreactant wherein the cataloreactant reacts with the pollutant and wherein an oxidation state of the cataloreactant is reduced. The cataloreactant may be regenerated with an oxidizing agent.... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070196256 - Metallic gas sorbents on the basis of lithium alloys: The present invention relates to metallic gas sorbents on the basis of solid solutions of lithium in a metal of the group consisting of Ag, Al, Au, Co, and Cu, which have unique mechanical properties suitable for the production of lithium alloys in the form of ductile and balls, wires,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070196257 - Process for removing sulfur particles from an aqueous catalyst solution and for removing hydrogen sulfide and recovering sulfur from a gas stream: The invention relates to a process for removing hydrogen sulfide and recovering sulfur from a gas stream, comprising the steps of: contacting said gas stream with an aqueous catalyst solution of a polyvalent metal redox catalyst in a contacting zone to absorb said hydrogen sulfide and form a reduced catalyst... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070196258 - Desulfurizer for fuel gas for fuel cell and desulfurization method using the same: A desulfurizer for fuel gas for a fuel cell includes: a first adsorption tank including an adsorber having selective adsorption capacity for a thiophene-based compound and a second adsorption tank including an adsorber having selective adsorption capacity for a mercaptan-based compound. The desulfurizer uses separate adsorbers having selective adsorption capacity... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070196259 - Flame synthesis of metal salt nanoparticles, in particular calcium and phosphate comprising nanoparticles: Described is a method for the production of metal salts, wherein the cationic metal is preferably selected from Group I to IV metals and mixtures thereof and the anionic group is selected from phosphates, silicates, sulfates, carbonates, hydroxides, fluorides and mixtures thereof, and wherein said method comprises forming a mixture... Agent: Donald S Dowden Cooper & Dunham

20070196260 - Process for producing transition metal ion crosslinked electrode material: The present invention relate to a method for producing a transition metal ion bridging positive electrode material, wherein a mono-valent transition metal complex ion is intercalated into an interlayer space of layered transition metal oxide containing therein an alkali metal complex ion. The method of the present invention provides safe... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070196261 - Production and uses of carbon suboxides: Methods for the reduction of gaseous carbon dioxide emissions from combustion or oxidation reactions are provided. The various methods involve the formation of carbon suboxides and/or polymerized carbon suboxides (PCS), preferentially over gaseous carbon oxides to thereby reduce gaseous carbon dioxide emissions. The various methods can be employed for efficient... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070196262 - Reductive functionalization of carbon nanotubes: The present invention is directed to novel processes for the functionalization (derivatization) of carbon nanotubes and, as an extension, to fullerenes and other carbon surfaces. Generally, such processes involve reductive pathways. In some embodiments, carbon nanotubes are reacted with alkali metal and organic halides in anhydrous liquid ammonia. In other... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070196263 - Colorless single-crystal cvd diamond at rapid growth rate: The present invention relates to a method for producing colorless, single-crystal diamonds at a rapid growth rate. The method for diamond production includes controlling temperature of a growth surface of the diamond such that all temperature gradients across the growth surface of the diamond are less than about 20° C.,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070196264 - Process for producing calcium trisulfoaluminate and apparatus for use in said process: This invention provides a production process, which can stably produce high-quality satin white (calcium trisulfoaluminate) having very small and homogeneous particulate shapes suitable for incorporation into coated paper for printing, and an apparatus for use in said process. In this process for producing calcium trisulfoaluminate, a calcium hydroxide suspension (A)... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070196265 - Process for the production of titanium dioxide: It is disclosed a process for the production of titanium dioxide comprising the following steps: (a) a titanium ore containing iron, preferably ilmenite, is reacted with an aqueous NH4F solution; (b) the aqueous suspension thus obtained is filtered with consequent separation of a sludge fraction, which contains ammonium fluoroferrates, and... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070196266 - Nanosheets of mgo processing the 111 plane and method of manufacturing the same: Periclase MgO having a nanosheet structure. The distance of the lattice planes in HRTEM is −0.24 nm-0.25 nm. Metod of preparing periclase MgO having a nanosheet structure including preparation of Mg(OCH3)2 in methanol solution. 4-methoxy benzy alcohol (MBZ) or 4-nitro benzyl alcohol (NBZ) or a mixture thereof is added in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070196267 - Hydrogen generator apparatus and start-up processes: Apparatus and process are provided to enable rapid start up of hydrogen generator (1) that use partial oxidation reforming. In the start up processes, a heated oxygen containing gas (110) is passed through the reformer (106) and at least one downstream unit operation (108) to achieve a first temperature regime.... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070196268 - Thermal activation of photocatalytic generation of hydrogen: A method for thermally activating photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water, comprising: mixing a catalyst comprising a plurality of nanoparticles into a volume of water, wherein H2O molecules adsorb onto the surface of the plurality of nanoparticles to form OH complexes, wherein the diameters of the plurality of nanoparticles are... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070189943 - Method of stripping metals from organic solvents: A new method to strip metals from organic solvents in a manner that allows for the recycle of the stripping agent. The method utilizes carbonate solutions of organic amines with complexants, in low concentrations, to strip metals from organic solvents. The method allows for the distillation and reuse of organic... Agent: United States Department Of Energy

20070189944 - Porous microparticles with solid cores: The present invention relates to microparticles, particularly spherical silica microparticles, which may be useful in liquid chromatography. Specifically, the microparticles include a solid core and an outer porous shell surrounding and irreversibly joined to the core. The shell is composed of a plurality of colloidal nanoparticles, which are applied using... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070189945 - Method for the treatment of salt brine: A method for purifying salt brine to obtain a highly pure sodium chloride from the purified brine by means of crystallization. Nanofiltration directly follows a two-stage brine purification according to the Schweizerhalle method, as a third purification stage, and the permeate of the nanofiltration is a highly pure brine. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070189946 - High purity lithium polyhalogenated boron cluster salts useful in lithium batteries: m

20070189948 - Catalyst system and method: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a catalyst system is provided. The catalyst system includes a catalyst bed that comprises a plurality of catalyst segments arranged such that an exhaust flow passes along a longitudinal axis of the catalyst system through the plurality of catalyst segments from... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070189947 - Method for purifying exhaust of waste gas using atomized fluid droplets combined with turbulent flow: A method for purifying exhaust of waste gas using atomized fluid droplets combined with turbulent flow, including the following steps: a). atomizing the absorption or reacting fluids to microsized droplets; b). enabling waste gas to pass through the aforementioned absorption or reacting fluids and creating a turbulent flow to thoroughly... Agent: Wen-hao Lin

20070189949 - Wet scrubbing apparatus and method for controlling nox emissions: An apparatus for controlling NOx emissions which includes a chamber having a wall surface and an interior, a flue gas entrance and a flue gas exit for a flue gas to enter and exit the interior of the chamber, a gas quenching zone in which the temperature of the gas... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070189950 - Energy efficient synthesis of boranes: The reaction of halo-boron compounds (B—X compounds, compounds having one or more boron-halogen bonds) with silanes provides boranes (B—H compounds, compounds having one or more B—H bonds) and halosilanes. Inorganic hydrides, such as surface-bound silane hydrides (Si—H) react with B—X compounds to form B—H compounds and surface-bound halosilanes. The surface... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20070189951 - Calcium phosphate cements and methods for using the same: Methods and compositions for producing flowable compositions, e.g. pastes, that set into calcium phosphate products are provided. In the subject methods, dry reactants that include a calcium source and a phosphate source are combined with a setting fluid to produce the flowable composition. A feature of the subject methods is... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070189952 - Silicon carbide material for nuclear applications, precursor and method for forming same, and structures including the material: A precursor formulation of a silicon carbide material that includes a ceramic material and a boron-11 compound. The ceramic material may include silicon and carbon and, optionally, oxygen, nitrogen, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, or mixtures thereof. The boron-11 compound may be a boron-11 isotope of boron oxide, boron hydride, boron hydroxide,... Agent: Trask Britt

20070189953 - Method for obtaining carbon nanotubes on supports and composites comprising same: The invention concerns a method for obtaining carbon nanotubes by CVD growth on nano/micrometric supports, characterized in that it comprises: adding a carbon source compound containing a catalyst, under an inert gas and hydrogen current. The invention is applicable to the manufacture of multiple-scale composites.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070189954 - Method for dissolving carbon nanotubes and the use thereof: The invention relates to a method for dissolving carbon nanotubes consisting in reducing the nanotubes in such a way that the nanotubes which are negatively charged with positive counter-ions are obtainable. Said invention is used, in particular for preparing compounds or carbon nanotubes films... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070189955 - Composition based on cerium oxide and on zirconium oxide having a high reducibility and high specific surface, methods for the preparation thereof and use as a catalyst: The inventive composition is based on cerium oxide and on zirconium oxide in an atomic proportion Ce/Zr of at least 1, and has a reducibility rate of at least 70% and a surface area of at least 15 m; 2; /g. This composition is obtained by a method in which:... Agent: Jean-louis Seugnet Rhodia Inc- Legal Department

20070189956 - Method for producing a monocrystalline cu(in,ga)se2powder, and mono-grain membrane solar cell containing said powder: A method for producing a powder of a Cu(In,GA)Se2 compound, including the following steps: Cu and In and/or Cu and Ga are alloyed to form a CuIn and/or CuGa alloy with a substoichiometric content of Cu; producing a powder of the CuIn and/or CuG alloy; Se and either KI or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070189957 - Method for producing tantalum oxide and/or niobium oxide in form of hollow particle: The object of the invention is to provide tantalum oxide and/or niobium oxide in the form of hollow particles. Disclosed is a method comprising adding hydrazine or an aqueous solution of hydrazine to (1) an aqueous solution of a tantalum compound and/or a niobium compound, to (2) an aqueous solution... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070189958 - Anatase-type titanium oxide powder and method for producing same: An anatase-type titanium oxide powder having a ratio of rutile to anatase of 10% or less and a BET specific surface area of 20 to 80 m2/g. Since the titanium oxide powder has a large specific surface area and a low ratio of rutile to anatase in comparison with a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189959 - Methods of preparing separators for electrochemical cells: Provided are methods of preparing a separator for an electrochemical cell comprising the steps of (a) coating onto a substrate a liquid mixture comprising an inorganic oxide, an organic polymer, a divinyl ether of an ethylene glycol, and/or an organic carbonate; (b) drying the coating; and (c) delaminating the coating... Agent: Optodot Corporation

20070189960 - Method for generation of hydrogen gas from borohydride: A method for generation of hydrogen by combining a solid composition containing a borohydride compound and a base with an aqueous solution of an acid.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070189961 - Uv light exposure for functionalization and hydrophobization of pure-silica zeolites: A method is provided for making pure-silica-zeolite films useful as low-k material, specifically, more hydrophobic, homogeneous and with absence of cracks. The method utilizes a UV cure; preferably the UV cure is performed at temperatures at higher than the deposition temperature. The UV-assisted cure removes the organic template promoting organic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070183950 - Method and apparatus for solar heating a leach solution: A method and apparatus for solar heating a leach solution prior to its distribution over an ore heap. The apparatus includes a solar heating device that is positioned adjacent to the ore heap to elevate the temperature of the leach solution above ambient. The solar heater includes a transparent cover... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070183951 - Method for recovering noble metals from metallic carrier catalytic device: This invention provides a method for efficiently separating and recovering a wash coat which supports noble metal-containing catalytic component from a metallic carrier of a spent metallic carrier catalytic device for such purposes as the purification of exhaust gas from internal combustion engine, without substantially crushing or dissolving said metallic... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070183952 - Catalytic oxidation system: An exhaust gas treatment system having an exhaust gas inlet section, an oxygen enrichment system, catalyst holding arms, and an exhaust gas outlet section is disclosed. The exhaust gas inlet and outlet sections can be designed to mate to existing exhaust gas plumbing systems for industrial facilities. The optional oxygen... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20070183953 - Separation of ammonia from sulfur compounds: A method for separating ammonia and sulfides from a sour water stream is disclosed. The stripping of a sour water stream where it is stripped to create a sour water stripper overhead gas and then contacted with an alkali hydroxide in order to separate ammonia and make an alkali sulfide.... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20070183954 - Additive for non-aqueous electrolyte in battery, non-aqueous electrolyte for battery and non-aqueos electrolyte battery: This invention relates to an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte in a battery having a sufficiently high boiling point and capable of ensuring a sufficient safety of an electrolyte even in an emergency such as the short-circuiting or the like without being vaporized in the use under high temperature and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070183955 - Hydroxyapaltite calcium phosphate granules, method for preparing same and uses thereof: The invention concerns calcium phosphates in granular form having an X-ray diffraction pattern characteristic of hydroxyapatite and good compressibility and flow properties in direct compression applications. The invention also concerns the method for preparing said granules characterized in that it consists in processing a brushite dicalcium phosphate suspension having a... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070183956 - Ammonium hydroxide treatments for semiconductor substrates: Embodiments of the current invention describe ammonia hydroxide treatments for surfaces. In one embodiment, a method and a cleaning solution including ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH), water (H2O), a chelating agent, and a surfactant for cleaning silicon germanium substrates are described. The cleaning solution does not include hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) because hydrogen... Agent: Applied Materials/blakely

20070183957 - Reactor and process: The invention relates to a process for the production of chloramine comprising supplying a first reagent stream comprising chlorine gas and a second reagent stream comprising ammonia gas to a reaction zone maintained at a temperature of less than 275° C. and configured to allow expansion of the first and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070183958 - Process for producing activated carbon for electrode of electric double-layer capacitor: To produce activated carbon for an electrode of an electric double-layer capacitor, the following steps are carried out sequentially: a step of subjecting a massive mesophase pitch to a pulverizing treatment to provide a pulverized powder; a step of subjecting the pulverized powder to an infusibilizing treatment under conditions of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070183959 - Carbon nanostructures and process for the production of carbon-based nanotubes, nanofibres and nanostructures: Continuous process for the production of carbon-based nanotubes, nanofibres and nanostructures, comprising the following steps: generating a plasma with electrical energy, introducing a carbon precursor and/or one or more catalysers and/or carrier plasma gas in a reaction zone of an airtight high temperature resistant vessel optionally having a thermal insulation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070183960 - Carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle, production method and production device therefor, and carbon fiber and production method therefor: There are provided a carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle which permits easy bundling of a plurality of small tows into one bundle, is provided with a dividing capability to divide into the original small tows spontaneously at the time of firing, and is suitable for obtaining a carbon fiber that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070183961 - Method and apparatus for generating gaseous chlorine dioxide-chlorine mixtures: Gaseous mixture of chlorine dioxide and chlorine produced by reacting an inorganic acid with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal chlorate by controlled introduction of the inorganic acid into the aqueous solution of alkali metal chlorate. Inorganic acid passed through a volume of alkali metal chlorate flowing through a... Agent: Design Ip, P.C.

20070183962 - Reduction of the concentration of undesired compounds: A process for treating a composition comprising one or more undesired compounds and one or more desired compounds so as to reduce the concentration of the one or more undesired compounds is described. The process comprises the steps of (1) contacting the composition with an extraction solvent comprising a (hydro)fluorocarbon,... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070183963 - Reactor and method for producing chlorine from hcl: The invention relates to a reactor and a process for preparing chlorine from hydrogen chloride by gas-phase oxidation by means of oxygen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst in a fluidized bed, with gas-permeable plates being located in the fluidized bed. The gas-permeable plates are connected in a thermally... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070183964 - Nano-fiber or nano-tube comprising v group transition metal dichalcogenide crystals, and method for preparation thereof: In a method for preparing nanofibers or nanotubes from NbSe2 that is a starting material by a chemical transport process using a iodine acting as a medium, if C60 acting as a promoter is used, nuclei for forming the nanofibers or the nanotubes can be efficiently produced. Initial nanoparticles surrounding... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070183965 - Roundish fused alumina particles, production process thereof, and resin composition containing the particles: A roundish fused alumina particles having a mean particle size of 5 to 4,000 μm and a roundness of 0.85 or more, and a producing method thereof are provided. The method comprises removing edges of fused alumina particles by making the fused alumina particles collide with each other.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070183967 - Composition and method for storing and releasing hydrogen: A chemical system for storing and releasing hydrogen utilizes an endothermic reaction that releases hydrogen coupled to an exothermic reaction to drive the process thermodynamically, or an exothermic reaction that releases hydrogen coupled to an endothermic reaction.... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20070183966 - Waste heat recovery apparatus, waste heat recovery system, and method of recovering waste heat: A heat exchanger filled with a catalyst used for reforming DME is provided in an exhaust system of a combustion apparatus such as a furnace, an internal combustion engine, or electric power generation equipment. A mixed gas of DME and H2O is fed to the heat exchanger, thereby pyrolyzing the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070183968 - Water-gas shift and reforming catalyst and method of reforming alcohol: A supported catalyst for reforming alcohol, particularly for steam reforming methanol, to produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells includes a ceramic support and a catalyst coated thereon. The catalyst contains at least one platinum group metal such as platinum, iridium, rhenium, palladium, or osmium, and where the at least... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070178031 - Process for upgrading an ore or concentrate: According to the present invention there is provided a process for upgrading an ore or concentrate that contains metal sulphur minerals and gangue material. The process includes the stages of: a) selectively leaching the ore or concentrate using an ammoniacal solution containing ammonium carbonate that forms soluble metal ammine complexes;... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070178032 - Transparent ferromagnetic compound containing no magnetic impurity such as transition metal or rare earth metal and forming solid solution with element having imperfect shell, and method for adjusting ferromagnetic characteristics thereof: A single-crystal transparent ferromagnetic compound that transmits light and has significant ferromagnetic properties is selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth chalcogenides, alkali chalcogenides, I-VII compounds, II-VI compounds, III-V compounds, IV-VI2 compounds, IV-IV compounds, and II-VII2 compounds. At least one element having an incomplete outermost p-electron shell, such as... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070178033 - Process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide, by means of its oxidation in the presence of hetero polyacids: Hydrogen sulfide is oxidized to sulfur by means of treatment with an aqueous acid solution containing trivalent iron and a hetero polyacid having formula (I): HnXVyM(12-y)O40; or a sole hetero polyacid having formula (II): HnMeM12O40; wherein the symbols X, M Me n and y are specified in the text. At... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070178034 - Process for the production of hydrogen: Process for the removal of organic and/or inorganic sulfur from an ammonia stream by passing said stream through a fixed bed of sulfur absorbent in a sulfur absorber and withdrawing a sulfur-free ammonia stream, wherein said sulfur absorbent is a catalyst having a total nickel content in reduced form in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070178035 - Method of treating a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide: Hydrogen (H2) gas and crude carbon dioxide (CO2) gas are separated from a gaseous mixture thereof. Combustible gas(es) in the crude CO2 gas are combusted to produce heat, at least a portion of which is recovered by indirect heat exchange with at least a portion of the separated H2 gas... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070178036 - Method of preparing feedstock liquid, method of preparing uranyl nitrate solution, and method of preparing polyvinyl alcohol solution: The object of the present invention is to provide a feedstock liquid, from which fuel kernels with good quality can be produced, and a method of preparing the feedstock liquid. The present invention provides a feedstock liquid with a viscosity from 4.0×10−2 to 6.5×10−2 Pa·s at 15° C., for the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070178037 - Process for producing sodium hydrogencarbonate crystal particles having low caking property: e

20070178038 - Method for forming hafnium carbide and hafnium nitride ceramics and preceramic polymers: Hafnium containing preceramic polymer is made through the reaction of hafnium halide compound with any of the following compounds: ethylene diamine, dimethyl ethylene diamine, piperazine, allylamine and or polyethylene-imine.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070178039 - Crystals for a semiconductor radiation detector and method for making the crystals: A method for a growing solid-state, spectrometer grade II-VI crystal using a high-pressure hydrothermal process including the following steps: positioning seed crystals in a growth zone of a reactor chamber; positioning crystal nutrient material in the nutrient zone of the chamber; filling the reactor with a solvent fluid; heating and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070178040 - Tantalum oxide and/or niobium oxide and method for preparation thereof: A method for preparing tantalum oxide and/or niobium oxide, characterized in that it comprises adding a basic aqueous solution to an aqueous solution of tantalum fluoride salt and/or niobium fluoride salt, to form tantalum hydroxide and/or niobium hydroxide, and then firing said tantalum hydroxide and/or niobium hydroxide. The above method... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070178041 - The bayer process for production of alumina trihydrate by alkaline digestion of bauxite, the process comprising a predesilication step: Bayer process, comprising grinding (L, B) and then digestion (N2, A) of a bauxite by bringing it into contact with a sodium aluminate liquor (20b, 120b). Digestion consists of forming a slurry (3a, 103) that is then treated to separate insoluble residues (5a, 105a) from the sodium aluminate liquor. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070178042 - Sodium alanate hydrogen storage material: A hydrogen storage material based on sodium alanate contains aluminum in excess of the stoichiometric aluminum content of sodium aluminum tetrahydride. A particulate mixture of sodium alanates, aluminum, and a suitable metal-containing catalyst readily yields, upon heating of the mixture, its hydrogen content for delivery to a hydrogen-using device. The... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070178043 - Sliding material, manufacturing method therefor, and device employing sliding material: The sliding material of the present invention has hexagonal crystals that form a layer structure and ball-shaped molecules inserted in interlayers of the hexagonal crystals. This sliding material can be used in machines/devices of various sizes ranging from heavy machinery such as automobiles to nanomachines without restrictions on the environment... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC