Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 01/08

20080025890 - Use of surfactants in the production of metal: An aqueous sulfuric acid-containing composition which comprises at least one surfactant, and a process for extricating metal from metal-containing materials with the aid of this aqueous sulfuric acid-containing composition are described.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025891 - Alumina recovery: A process for recovering alumina values from a first liquor having an initial concentration of aluminate ions and hydroxyl ions in solution is described. The first liquor is treated with a hydroxide of a metal other than aluminium to form an aluminium-bearing layered double hydroxide and produce a treated stream... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080025892 - Process for the production of magnesium oxide: A process for the recovery of magnesium oxide from a source containing magnesium salts, said process including the steps of: (a) adding an alkali and sulfur dioxide to the source containing magnesium salts, in a leach step to form a magnesium bi-sulfite containing leachate;(b) separating the insoluble materials from the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080025893 - Method for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas flows with low carbon dioxide partial pressures: The invention relates to a method for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas flow with a carbon dioxide partial pressure in the gas flow of less than 200 mbar, whereby the gas flow is brought into contact with a liquid absorption agent, selected from an aqueous solution (A)... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080025894 - Two step uo2 production process: This present invention provides a two-step process for producing nuclear grade, active uranium dioxide (UO2)powder in which the first step comprises reacting uranium hexafluoride (UF6) with steam in, for example, an integrated dry route (IDR)-type kiln or a flame reactor to yield uranyl fluoride (UO2F2); and the second step comprises... Agent: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

20080025896 - Novel rare-earth doped fluorides and process for preparing: The invention is directed a composition represented by the chemical formula EuxA1−xF2+x−2yOy wherein A is alkaline earth, 0.002≦x≦0.20, and 0≦y≦x; the composition exhibiting a luminescence spectrum characterized by peaks at 592±2 nm and 627±2 nm, wherein the ratio of the peak intensity at 592±2 nm to that at 627±2 nm... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080025895 - Translucent lutetium oxide sinter, and method for manufacturing same: The present invention provides a lutetium oxide sinter to which yttrium is added in an amount of 100 mass ppm to 7000 mass ppm, whose average particle size is from 0.7 to 20 μm, and with which there is no precipitation of a hetero phase containing yttrium at the grain... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080025897 - Silicon monoxide vapor deposition material, silicon powder as raw material, and method for producing silicon monoxide vapor deposition material: A silicon monoxide vapor deposition material is characterized in that a hydrogen gas content therein is not more than 50 ppm, and splash generation can be suppressed when the silicon monoxide is deposited on a substrate base. A silicon monoxide vapor-deposited film having the excellent transparency and barrier properties can... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080025898 - Method of treating a material to achieve sufficient hydrophilicity for making hydrophilic articles: An exemplary method of treating a material such as carbon or graphite to render at least some surfaces of the material hydrophilic includes coating at least a portion of the at least some surfaces with an oxygenated element and controlling a rate of a breakdown of the oxygenated element to... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080025899 - Plasma surface treatment method, quartz member, plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: A plasma surface treatment method for performing a surface treatment on a quartz member used under a plasma-exposed environment by using a plasma having an ion energy greater than about 5.3 eV. The plasma has, near a surface of the quartz member, an electron temperature higher than or equal to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025900 - Silica and method for producing the same: Silica having a large pore volume and specific surface area, controlled pore properties and also excellent hydrothermal resistance is provided. The silica has the following properties: (a) a pore volume of the silica is larger than 1.6 ml/g and is 3.0 ml/g or less; (b) a specific surface area of... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080025901 - Cylindrical container made of carbon and method for producing silicon: A cylindrical vessel made of carbon is used in the production of silicon. The inner surface of the vessel comes into contact with a silicon melt, wherein the permeation with silicon melt is reduced, formation of SiC is suppressed, and the vessel is resistant to deformation even when volumetric expansion... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080025902 - Method to synthesize highly luminescent doped metal nitride powders: A simple, inexpensive method of producing in bulk a doped metal nitride powder that exhibits a high luminescent efficiency, by first forming a metal-dopant alloy and then reacting the alloy with high purity ammonia under controlled conditions in a reactor. The resulting doped metal nitride powders will exhibit a luminescent... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080025903 - Methods and systems for generating polyols: Disclosed are methods for generating propylene glycol, ethylene glycol and other polyols, diols, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids and alcohols from biomass using hydrogen produced from the biomass. The methods involve reacting a portion of an aqueous stream of a biomass feedstock solution over a catalyst under aqueous phase reforming conditions... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080025904 - Compound and method for the selective extraction of higher fullerenes from mixtures of fullerenes: s

20080025905 - Nanocomposites and functionalized carbon nanofibers: A composition is provided in which carbon nanofibers are functionalized with at least one moiety where the moiety or moieties comprise at least one bivalent radical. The composition can include a nanocomposite, such as polyimide films. Methods for making functionalized carbon nanofibers and nanocomposites are also provided.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080025906 - Method for preparing a carbon/carbon composite: A method for preparing a carbon/carbon (C/C) composite comprising carbonizing a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composite precursor by heating the precursor in an inert atmosphere with a heating rate greater than 20° C./min up to 1500° C./min.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080025907 - Porous carbons: A method is provided for making mesoporous resin. It comprises: (a) providing a nucleophilic component which comprises a phenolic compound or a phenol condensation prepolymer optionally with one or more modifying reagents selected from hydroquinone, resorcinol, urea, aromatic amines and heteroaromatic amines; (b) dissolving the nucleophilic component in a pore... Agent: Bartlett & Sherer

20080025908 - Method for extracting minerals with high purity from deep ocean water: A method for efficiently extracting minerals of high purity from deep ocean water by using low temperature vacuum crystal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining concentrated liquid containing ion components and fresh water without the ion components by freshening the deep ocean water; separating crystals of a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080025909 - Continuous process for producing titanium tetrachloride: The invention is a continuous process for producing titanium tetrachloride having a vanadium content of less than 5 ppm.... Agent: King & Spalding

20080025910 - Process to make both nitric and sulfuric acid: Stirred acid resistant shallow cylindrical reactors are used to produce both nitric and sulfuric acid from a feed gas stream arranged to contain both sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides passed over or through the mixed acids. The homogeneous catalytic mixture of sulfuric and nitric acids uses the highly oxidizing nitrosyl... Agent: Robert Neville O'brien

20080025911 - Recovery of sulphuric acid: The invention is directed to a process for the recovery of sulphuric acid from a mixture comprising sulphuric acid and hydrocarbons, in particular carbohydrates. In accordance with the present invention the mixture comprising sulphuric acid and carbohydrates, is contacted with an anion selective membrane, thus producing a sulphuric acid rich... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080025912 - Valve metal oxide powders and process for the production thereof: A process for the production of a valve metal oxide powder, in particular an Nb2O5 or Ta2O5 powder by continuous reaction of a fluoride-containing valve metal compound with a base in the presence of water and calcination of the resultant product, wherein the reaction is performed in just one reaction... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080019891 - Copper recoery method and system therefor: A process for copper recovery includes mixing a sludge cake with an acidic copper-containing rinsing waste liquid to form slurry; reacting the slurry with acidic SPS-containing effluent, nitric acid, sulfuric acid and liquid alkali to form a copper-containing reaction product; press filtering the obtained-above copper-containing reaction product to obtain a... Agent: Huang, Shenjung

20080019892 - Multimetal oxide containing silver, vanadium and a phosphor group element and the use thereof: wherein a represents a number having a value of 5 to 9; Q represents an element selected from the group consisting of P, As, Sb, Bi and mixtures thereof; b represents a number having a value of 0.2 to 3; M represents a metal selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080019893 - Method for manufacturing metal loading carbon material: It is an object of the present invention to provide a new technical means capable of controlling a loading position for enabling the selection of the function and activity as a catalyst, an adsorption material and a reactive material or the like, and controlling the loading amount. A method for... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080019894 - Process for refining nitrogen trifluoride gas using alkali earth metal exchanged zeolite: Disclosed herein are a process for the refinement of nitrogen trifluoride gas and an adsorbent used therein. A nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas including carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) as an impurity is permeated into a bed of the zeolite 3A, 4A or 5A which is ion exchanged with alkali earth metal and... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080019895 - Process for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a hydrogen containing stream: A method of making a composition, said method comprising, spraying a substance comprising platinum and iron into or onto an alumina-containing compound is disclosed. The resulting composition can then be used in a process for oxidizing carbon monoxide with free oxygen.... Agent: Conocophillips Company - I.p. Legal

20080019896 - Inp single crystal wafer and method for producing inp single crystal: A method for producing a low-dislocation InP single crystal suitably used for an optical device such as a semiconductor laser, and the low-dislocation InP single crystal wafer are provided. In a liquid-encapsulated Czochralski method in which a semiconductor raw material and an encapsulant are contained in a raw material melt... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080019897 - Phosphorus effusion cell arrangement and method for producing molecular phosphorus: The phosphorus effusion cell arrangement according to the present invention comprises a first vacuum container for red phosphorus, a second vacuum container for white phosphorus, said first and second vacuum containers being interconnected, means for providing vacuum, a thermal cracker in connection with said second vacuum container, as well as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080019898 - Highly-structured silica having a low water uptake, preparation method thereof and uses of same: The invention relates to a highly-structured precipitated silica having a low water uptake and high dispersibility in different pasty or solid matrices or media, elastomers or silicon, and to the preparation method thereof. The invention also relates to the use of said silica, for example, as a reinforcing filler in... Agent: Jean-luis Seugnet Rhodia

20080019899 - Methods and configurations for acid gas enrichment: Hydrogen sulfide is selectively enriched from an acid gas (1) that comprises relatively large quantities of carbon dioxide using a configuration in which a portion of an isolated hydrogen sulfide stream is introduced into an absorber (51) operating as a carbon dioxide rejecter. The resulting concentrated hydrogen sulfide enriched solvent... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080019900 - Method for stabilisation of metallic mercury using sulphur: Process for the stabilization of mercury metal by reaction of the mercury metal with sulphur in the solid state, in which the mercury and the sulphur are brought into contact, at an Hg/S molar ratio of 1/1 to 1/3, in a reactor integral with a hollow pipe in fluid communication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019901 - Method of making nio and ni nanostructures: The alpha form of nickel (II) hydroxide is formed by dissolving a compound of nickel (II), such as nickel acetate, in a water miscible dihydric alcohol (diol), such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and suitable oligomers, and adding a suitable base such as sodium carbonate. The α-Ni(OH)2 precipitate is separated... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080019902 - Process for producing hydrogen: A process for producing hydrogen is provided. The process comprises the introduction of reactants into a reactor with a steam reforming section containing a steam reforming catalyst to form a hydrogen-containing product. The process is driven by heat generated in a combustion section containing an oxidation catalyst, which comprises a... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080019903 - Process and apparatus for prodcing concrrently hydrogen or ammonia and metal oxide nanoparticles: A process for producing hydrogen or ammonia is disclosed. Steam (202) and a metal or a metal-containing compound (in the case of ammonia production, a metal nitride) are provided to a reaction zone (213) and reacted under conditions for obtaining gaseous hydrogen or ammonia, respectively. The metal or metal-containing compound... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080014133 - Extraction of radionuclides by crown ether-containing extractants: The present invention relates to a treatment of high-level waste of radiochemical production containing radionuclides and macro-admixtures including sodium. The method of extraction of radionuclides by processing acidic aqueous waste solutions by extractants containing macrocyclic compounds selected from the group of crown ethers having aromatic fragments containing alkyl and/or hydroxyalkyl... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080014134 - Methods and apparatus for pfc abatement using a cdo chamber: In some aspects, a method is provided for abating perfluorocarbons (PFCs) in a gaseous waste abatement system having a pre-installed controlled decomposition oxidation (CDO) thermal reaction chamber. The method that includes (1) providing a catalyst bed within the CDO thermal reaction chamber; and (2) introducing a gaseous waste stream into... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080014135 - Method and structure for non-linear optics: A compound for non-linear optics for use at 350 nm and below. The compound includes a material for non-linear optics comprising AxM(1-x)Al3B4O12. x is larger than or equal to zero and smaller than or equal to 0.1, A is selected from a group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Yb, and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080014136 - Methods for preparing compositions which comprise magnesium borohydride, and related materials: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing magnesium borohydride. The method includes the step of reacting a metal borohydride with a metal salt composition in a solvent, to form a reaction mixture. The metal salt composition comprises at least one magnesium salt. The metal borohydride and the metal salt composition... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080014137 - Pseudoisothermal ammonia process: Ammonia is produced in a reactor 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 as exhaust gas or preheated air. The... Agent: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC Attn: Christian Heausler

20080014138 - Methods of synthesizing glitter: In the carbon science literature, there have been various reports over the previous few decades of potentially novel crystalline forms of carbon emerging as nanometer scale fragments recovered from the explosive remnants of heated, shock compressed graphite and other precursors of C. Two nanometric and crystalline forms of C that... Agent: Michael J. Bucknum, Phd

20080014139 - Enhanced breakdown voltage electrode: Particles of active electrode material are made by blending and fibrillizing (i.e., fibrillating) a mixture of activated carbon, conductive carbon, and fibrillizable binder. In selected embodiments, chloride level in the activated carbon is relatively low, a small amount of conductive carbon with low impurity levels and high conductivity is used,... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080014140 - Fabrication of hierarchical zeolites: A method for producing zeolite or zeotype crystals with a hierarchical pore system having both pores with average diameter between 0.3-2 nm and pores with an average diameter size larger than 4 nm in diameter, comprising the steps of applying a carbohydrate or a carbohydrate solution onto a zeolite precursor... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080008638 - Method and apparatus for removing gaseous in flue gas: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for removing gaseous mercury in flue gas that make it possible to remove mercury in flue gas extremely satisfactorily while handling is made easy and cost increases are kept under control. In order to accomplish the object, the present... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080008639 - Catalyst for carbon monoxide removal and method of removing carbon monoxide with the catalyst: The present invention provides a method for effectively suppressing the deactivation of a gold nanoparticle catalyst by removing both carbon dioxide and water from a gas to be treated, thereby effectively removing carbon monoxide over a long period of time. The present invention relates to a catalyst for removing carbon... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080008640 - Cluster-free amorphous silicon film, and method and apparatus for producing the same: The intention is to clarify characteristics of a cluster-free amorphous silicon film which is practically produceable without incorporation of large clusters having a size of 1 nm or more, and provide a method and an apparatus for producing the amorphous silicon film. In the cluster-free amorphous silicone (a-Si:H) film, an... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080008641 - One hundred millimeter sic crystal grown on off-axis seed: A semiconductor crystal and associated growth method are disclosed. The crystal includes a seed portion and a growth portion on the seed portion. The seed portion and the growth portion form a substantially right cylindrical single crystal of silicon carbide. A seed face defines an interface between the growth portion... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080008642 - Process for producing aluminum nitride crystal and aluminum nitride crystal obtained thereby: The present invention provides a method for producing aluminum nitride crystals under mild pressure and temperature conditions. In the production method of aluminum nitride crystals, aluminum nitride crystals are formed and grown in the presence of nitrogen-containing gas by allowing aluminum and the nitrogen to react with each other in... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080008643 - Dispersion and separation of nanostructured carbon in organic solvents: The present invention relates to dispersions of nanostructured carbon in organic solvents containing alkyl amide compounds and/or diamide compounds. The invention also relates to methods of dispersing nanostructured carbon in organic solvents and methods of mobilizing nanostructured carbon. Also disclosed are methods of determining the purity of nanostructured carbon.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080008644 - Method and apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes: A method of purifying a single-walled carbon nanotube catalytic product having the steps of providing a catalytic product including single-walled carbon nanotubes, and a Group VIII and/or Group VIb transition metal, exposing the catalytic product to a heated oxidative gas to provide a treated carbon nanotube product including single-walled carbon... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080008645 - Fine hollow powder, thin flaky titanium oxide powder obtained by pulverization of the fine hollow powder and processes for producing the same: The present invention relates to fine hollow powder with a titanium oxide shell, obtained by spray drying an exfoliated titania sol, and thin flaky titanium oxide powder obtained by pulverizing the fine hollow powder, and also to processes for producing the same. The present fine hollow powder and thin flaky... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080008646 - Portable fuel processor: Described herein is a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. The fuel processor comprises a reformer and burner. The reformer includes a catalyst that facilitates the production of hydrogen from the fuel source. Voluminous reformer chamber designs are provided that increase the amount of catalyst that can... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP