Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 09/08

20080233023 - Method for manufacturing scorodite: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing scorodite in which scorodite may be obtained at high production efficiency and a high As concentration ratio. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing crystalline scorodite from acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe, the method comprising a step... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080233024 - Method of mercury removal in a wet flue gas desulfurization system: Controlling the reductive capacity of an aqueous alkaline slurry (23) in a wet scrubber makes it possible to accurately control the mercury emission from the scrubber to a desired value. One method of controlling the reductive capacity of the slurry is to measure the reduction-oxidation potential (“redox potential”) of the... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP

20080233025 - Method and system for recovering sulphur from gas streams: There is described a novel process for removing sulphurous compounds from industrial gaseous streams, such as sour gas, using an oxygen deficient environment during the oxidation of H2S, and further recycling of any unconverted H2S back to a regenerator.... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20080233026 - Method and system for nox removal: A method and system for removing pollutants from a flue gas stream (20) by utilizing excess ammonia present in the system as a reagent for NOx removal. The method includes contacting the flue gas stream (20) with an ammonia scrubbing solution (29) and passing the flue gas stream (20) through... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP

20080233027 - Processes for separating chlorine from chlorine-containing gas streams: Processes comprising: providing a gas stream comprising chlorine and at least one secondary component selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen; pressurizing the gas stream in a first stage to an elevated or enhanced pressure, preferably at least about 10 bar; cooling the pressurized gas stream... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080233028 - Process and system for reducing sulfur trioxide emissions: A process for reducing an amount of sulfur trioxide present in a flue gas stream (20), including the steps of processing an alkaline material (24) to comprise a predetermined percentage of particles, based on the mass of alkaline material introduced into a flue gas stream (20), having a size less... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP

20080233029 - Separation of carbon dioxide (co2) from gas mixtures by calcium based reaction separation (cars-co2) process: A reaction-based process has been developed for the selective removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from a multicomponent gas mixture to provide a gaseous stream depleted in CO2 compared to the inlet CO2 concentration in the stream. The proposed process effects the separation of CO2 from a mixture of gases (such... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080233030 - Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device: Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device including a cathode, an anode and at least one electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the cathode, the anode and the electrolyte membrane, contains at least a ceramic material.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080233031 - Boron-containing molecular sieve cha: A boron-containing molecular sieve having the CHA crystal structure and comprising (1) silicon oxide and (2) boron oxide or a combination of boron oxide and aluminum oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide, gallium oxide and mixtures thereof; and wherein the mole ratio of silicon oxide to boron oxide in said boron-containing... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080233032 - Method for manufacturing transition metal boride powder: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transition metal boride powder. The method for manufacturing a transition metal boride powder includes: i) manufacturing a mixed powder by mixing a transition metal halogenide powder and an alkali metal borohydride powder; ii) charging the mixed powder and a plurality... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20080233033 - Novel transition metal substituted polyoxometalates and process for their preparation: This invention relates to a Polyoxometalate (POM) represented by the formula: (An)m+[HqM16X8W48O184(OH)32]m− or solvates thereof, wherein: A represents a cation, n is the number of the cations A, m is the charge of the polyoxoanion, q is the number of protons and varies from 0 to 12, M represents a... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20080233034 - Phosphor material of phosphate compound: The present invention is a yellow-green phosphor material with a high luminescence intensity. The present invention is suitable for excitation by ultraviolet or blue light. The phosphor material is made of a phosphate compound with a chemical formula of LiZn1-xPO4:Mx (0<x<1). The host lattice is LiZn1-xPO4 and the luminescent center... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080233035 - Method of selecting silicon having improved performance: Chemical grade silicon metalloid having improved performance in the direct process for making organohalosilanes is selected by (A) measuring the temperature of each batch of silicon metalloid during both the refing and the casting of the silicon metalloid; (B) measuring the elemental impurity levels in each batch of the silicon... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20080233036 - Production process for high purity silicon: The production process for high purity silicon of the present invention comprises (1) a step in which metal silicon is reacted with hydrogen chloride gas, (2) a step in which a reaction product obtained is distilled to obtain silicon tetrachloride, (3) a step in which silicon tetrachloride obtained is reacted... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080233037 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing high purity polycrystalline silicon: An apparatus for manufacturing a high purity polycrystalline silicon is characterized by comprising: a vaporizer 8 of silicon chloride; a fusing evaporator 5 of zinc; a vertical reactor 1 provided with a heating means on the peripheral face thereof; a silicon chloride gas supply nozzle 2 disposed to connect the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080233038 - Method for producing polycrystalline silicon: To provide a method for producing polycrystalline silicon at relatively low cost, wherein the amount of waste generated is reduced by decreasing the amount of waste generated in producing polycrystalline silicon from silicon chloride by a method of reduction and increasing the amount of reused auxiliary raw materials. In the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080233039 - Catalysts for co oxidation,voc combustion and nox reduction and methods of making and using the same: The present invention is directed to carbon monoxide oxidation reactions in the presence of an O2 containing gas, nitrogen oxide conversion reactions, volatile organic compound conversion reactions in the presence of an O2 containing gas, and combinations thereof, and catalysts for use in those reactions. The catalyst comprises cobalt, its... Agent: Derick E. Allen (28217) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080233041 - Apparatus for trapping carbon nanotube and system and method for producing the carbon nanotube: This invention relates to a carbon nanotube producing system. A carbon nanotube producing system includes a reaction tube in which a metal catalyst and a carbon-containing gas are supplied and carbon nanotube grows on the metal catalyst by pyrolysis; an exhaust line along which a gas including the carbon nanotube... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080233040 - Chemical derivatization of silica coated fullerenes and use of derivatized silica coated fullerenes: This invention is directed to a new composition of matter in the form of chemically derivatized silica coated fullerenes, including silica coated C60 molecules and silica coated carbon nanotubes, processes for making the same and to uses for the derivatized silica coated fullerenes. Included among many uses in chemical, physical... Agent: Dennis J. Flood

20080233042 - Production of lithium compounds directly from lithium containing brines: Methods and apparatus for the production of low sodium lithium carbonate and lithium chloride from a brine concentrated to about 6.0 wt % lithium are disclosed. Methods and apparatus for direct recovery of technical grade lithium chloride from the concentrated brine are also disclosed.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080233043 - Method for the production of chlorine by means of gas phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride: A process for preparing chlorine by gas-phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride by means of a gas stream comprising molecular oxygen in the presence of a fixed-bed catalyst, wherein the process is carried out in a reactor (1) having heat-exchange plates (2) which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233044 - Method and apparatus for hydration of a particulate or pulverulent material containing cao, hydrated product, and use of hydrated product: Described is a method as well as an apparatus for hydration of a particulate or pulverulent material containing CaO. The method is peculiar in that water is added in a quantity which will ensure that the partial pressure PH2O of the added water as a function of the temperature (°... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080233045 - Catalyst for hydrogen production from water gas shift reaction: Fe—Al—Cu catalysts have numerous industrial applications, for example, as catalysts in a water gas shift reactor. A method of producing a Fe—Al—Cu catalyst comprises the steps of providing an organic iron precursor, dissolving the organic iron precursor in a solvent solution, adding an aqueous solution comprising aluminum nitrate and copper... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080226522 - Barium sulfate product: This invention generally relates to a barium sulfate product particularly useful as an X-ray contrast agent in preparations administered for examination of the gastrointestinal tract and to processes for making the product from naturally occurring barite ore containing barium sulfate crystals and gangue materials. The process includes treating or contacting... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080226523 - Magnetic activated carbon and the removal of contaminants from fluid streams: Magnetic activated carbon and the removal of contaminants from a fluid stream using the magnetic activated carbon is described. The magnetic activated carbon is preferably magnetic powdered activated carbon and may contain titania. The magnetic activated carbon may be used to remove contaminants such as mercury from fluid streams including... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080226524 - Platinum group metal-free catalysts for reducing the ignition temperature of particulates on a diesel particulate filter: A catalyzed diesel particulate filter (CDPF) and a method for filtering particulates from diesel engine exhaust are provided, where the catalyzed diesel particulate filter includes a substrate and a catalyst composition, where the catalyst composition contains at least one first component, at least one second component, and at least one... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080226526 - Carbon dioxide acceptors: A process for the preparation of a nanoparticulate carbon dioxide acceptor. The acceptor is a mixed metal oxide having at least two metal ions X and Y. The process includes contacting in solution a precursor of an oxide of metal ion X and a precursor of an oxide of metal... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080226525 - Method for creating a gas-liquid contact area: A method for contacting a liquid with a gas in which the gas is introduced into a vessel containing at least one hollow fiber membrane having a plurality of porous hollow fibers. The liquid is introduced into a lumen of at least a portion of the plurality of porous hollow... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080226527 - Earning carbon credits by using aquaculture to sequester carbon dioxide: A method of earning carbon credits includes sequestering carbon dioxide by cultivating aquatic organisms that have carbon-containing shells and obtaining carbon credits based on the sequestered carbon dioxide.... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20080226528 - Fusion process using an alkali metal metalate: The product of a molten alkali metal metalate phase separation can be processed into a purified metal from a metal source. Metal sources include native ores, recycled metal, metal alloys, impure metal stock, recycle materials, etc. The method uses a molten alkali metal metalate as a process medium or solvent... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080226529 - Purification of phosphoric acid rich streams: The invention relates to a method for the purification or recovery of orthophosphoric acid rich streams by suspension-based melt crystallization. The orthophosphoric acid is crystallized as the hemi-hydrate form and subsequent separation of such crystals in a wash-column produce a high purity acid/water solution that has been depleted of most... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080226530 - Silicon containing a mixture for the activation of the plant natural protection mechanisms against stresses: A product for reinforcing the natural plant defense system a mixture of one or several silicon-rich substances (A), one or more activators of plant immune system (B) and substance (C) which supply to (A) and (B) activity. Activators are substances or physical effects and substances, which transport the information about... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080226531 - Method and apparatus for producing solid product: Provided is a production method and a production apparatus using a method for producing a solid product by a reaction of gaseous raw materials with a plurality of components including a step of conducting the reaction using a reactor disposed in a vertical direction; a step of feeding the gaseous... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080226532 - Light metal based material system for hydrogen storage: The invention provides methods, compositions, and systems for a reversible hydrogen storage material. The hydrogen storage material contains a lithium-magnesium compound, having LiMgN in a dehydrogenated state and a hydrogenated lithium magnesium product in a hydrogenated state, where the hydrogenated and dehydrogenated states are reversible. The lithium-magnesium compound is formed... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080226533 - Method of producing salts of dinitramidic acid: A method of preparing salt of dinitramidic acid, comprising nitration of an initial compound with a nitrating acid mixture to form dinitramidic acid in a reaction mixture. A positive ion is added to the reaction mixture and forms with the dinitramide ion an ion pair complex which precipitates in the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080226534 - Adsorbent articles for disk drives: An improved activated carbon adsorbent for disk drives that has improved or increased adsorption capacity for moisture between 25% RH and 45% RH while optionally maintaining good capacity for organic vapors, acid gasses and moisture at 95% RH.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20080226537 - Fine carbon fiber, method for producing the same and electrically conducting material comprising the fine carbon fiber: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080226535 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing carbon nano tube: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon nano tube, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon nano tube by which a carbon nano tube having a uniform property and high purity can be manufactured by uniformly raising a temperature... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080226536 - Method and apparatus for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes: The invention relates to a method for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The method of the invention comprises the steps of (a) providing a plasma torch having a plasma tube with a plasma-discharging end; (b) feeding an inert gas through the plasma tube to form a primary plasma; (c) contacting a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080226538 - Process for production of carbon black: Off-gas from a carbon black furnace is employed as a combustion gas feed stream to the burner or combustion zone of the same or a different carbon black furnace in accordance with certain embodiments, suitable conduit and valving is provided to pass off-gas, from which carbon black has been substantially... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080226539 - Method and apparatus for separating carbon product from used tire with microwave: An apparatus for separating carbon products from used tires includes a decomposing chamber into which used tires are charged, a nitrogen gas supply device that supplies nitrogen gas into the decomposing chamber, one or more magnetrons that generate microwave of predetermined frequency and one or more phase shifters that removes... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080226540 - Ruthenium oxide catalysts for conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide: The present invention relates generally to catalysts comprising ruthenium oxide and to processes for catalyzing the oxidation and conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) to sulfur trioxide (SO3) using such catalysts. SO2 at low concentrations in process gas streams can be effectively oxidized to SO3 at relatively low temperatures using the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080226541 - Recovery of aqueous hydrogen peroxide in auto-oxidation h2o2 production: Hydrogen peroxide produced in an auto-oxidation process is recovered from H2O2-containing organic solution via liquid-liquid extraction with an aqueous medium in a device having elongated channels, with a small cross-sectional dimension, that facilitate efficient extraction of aqueous hydrogen peroxide from the organic solution.... Agent: Patent Administrator Fmc Corporation

20080226542 - Synthesis of lithium zirconate: A process is disclosed for the preparation of lithium zirconate and doped lithium zirconates for use as regenerable carbon dioxide sorbants by wet mixing zirconium hydroxide with lithium carbonate and then calcining the mixture. Due to the improved physical properties resulting from the disclosed preparation process, the lithium zirconates produced... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080226543 - Stripping method: The invention describes a method for stripping alumina which is particularly suitable for removal of fluoride from alumina and comprises washing said alumina with an aqueous acid or alkali at elevated temperature. The method may be used for removal of unreacted radiofluoride such as [18F]fluoride from alumina following a radiofluorination... Agent: Ge Healthcare, Inc.

20080226544 - Permselective membrane type reactor and method for hydrogen production: a catalyst layer 4 provided between the reaction tube 1 and the separation tube 2, for promotion of chemical reaction. The reactor 100 further comprises, at a location apart from the permselective membrane 3, an oxygen-containing gas feeding section 20 which extends in the gas-flowing direction of the reaction tube... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080226545 - Copper cha zeolinte catalysts: Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080219904 - Process for enriching uranium containing feed material: The invention provides a series of techniques for processing uranium containing feed materials such as uranium ores, reprocessed uranium, uranium containing residues and uranium containing spent fuel. The processes described involve fluorination of uranium containing material, separation of the uranium containing material from other materials based on ionization thereof with... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080219905 - High volume, low back-pressure gas scrubber: In one aspect of the invention there is provided a gas scrubbing system for removing contaminants from a flow of fluid, comprising a container having an interior volume, an inlet for receiving the flow of fluid and an outlet for dispensing the stream of fluid, a treatment liquid, a porous... Agent: Sander R. Geising

20080219906 - Multilayered catalyst compositions: A multilayered, three-way conversion catalyst having the capability of simultaneously catalyzing the oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and the reduction of nitrogen oxides is disclosed. Provided is a catalytic material of at least four layers in conjunction with a carrier, where each of the layers includes a support, at... Agent: Basf Catalysts Llc

20080219907 - Exhaust gas purifying method for fuel cell vehicle and exhaust gas purifying system for fuel cell vehicle: An exhaust gas purifying method for a fuel cell vehicle comprises preparing an exhaust gas purifying system for the fuel cell vehicle, the exhaust gas purifying system including a methane removal catalyst for accelerating the conversion of methane into hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The methane removal catalyst comprises a catalytic... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080219908 - Method for cleaning exhaust gases produced by a sintering process for ores and/or other metal-containing materials in metal production: The invention relates to a method for cleaning exhaust gases produced by an ore sintering process in metal production consisting in mixing ores, possibly associated with other metal-containing materials, with a solid fuel, in sintering said materials by simulataneously combusting said solid fuel and in carrying out a distillation process.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080219909 - Phosphorous pentoxide producing methods: A phosphorous pentoxide producing method includes forming a kiln bed using feed agglomerates with a calcium-to-silica mole ratio of less than 1.0 and maintaining a bed temperature at or above 1180° C. along at least 50% of the bed length without exceeding 1380° C. along the entire bed length. Less... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080219910 - Single-crystal gan substrate: Manufacture at lower cost of off-axis GaN single-crystal freestanding substrates having a crystal orientation that is displaced from (0001) instead of (0001) exact. With an off-axis (111) GaAs wafer as a starting substrate, GaN is vapor-deposited onto the starting substrate, which grows GaN crystal that is inclined at the same... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20080219911 - Process of precipitation for spheric manganese carbonate and the products produced thereby: Disclosed herein are a manganese carbonate useful as a material for spinel-type LiMn2O4, having a spherical morphology, and a method of preparing the same. The spheric manganese carbonate has a high packing density and shows superior lifetime characteristics, leading to spinel-type LiMn2O4 resistant to structural changes and having superior lifetime... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080219912 - Particulate matter and methods of obtaining same from a kraft waste reclamation: A method for obtaining particulate calcium carbonate having an average particle size less than about 12 microns is provided. The method includes the steps of (1) withdrawing from a pulp mill a mixture containing calcium carbonate; (2) treating the mixture to remove contaminants contained in the mixture to produce a... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.c.

20080219913 - Methods for bulk synthesis of carbon nanotubes: Methods for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes by extracting metals from a carbide by halogen treatment at a temperature ranging between 700 to 1700° C. at ambient or low pressure are provided.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080219914 - Method of cladding diamond seeds: The invention relates to a method for manufacture of diamond, the method including the steps of providing a first coating of solvent metal or solvent metal alloy on a diamond seed to create a coated diamond seed, situating the coated diamond seed adjacent a catalyst system comprising a solvent metal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219915 - Carbon black, method of producing carbon black, and device for implementing the method: The invention relates to a carbon black having an aggregate size distribution which has a (d90-d10)/d50 ratio of less than or equal to 1.1. The carbon blacks are produced by admixing hot air if desired to a gas mixture comprising a carrier gas and a carbon black feedstock, passing the... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Sanzo, Llc

20080219916 - Peroxide decomposition catalyst: e

20080219917 - Harmonized water and aqueous solutions: A composition of mater comprising a harmonized cluster of water molecules with Fibonacci chains between them and ordered water molecules based on hydrogen bonds that each water molecule interacts with three other water molecules having a magnetic spectra as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 14.... Agent: Joseph A. Fuchs Rockey, Depke & Lyons, Llc

20080219918 - Catalyst for fuel reforming and method of producing hydrogen using the same: A catalyst for fuel reforming including a metal catalyst that includes at least one active component A selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Ir, Rh and Ru; and an active component B that is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, V, W, Cr,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080213144 - Voc reduction in ethanol plants: Byproduct solids produced in the processing of carbohydrate material to produce ethanol are dried in a recirculating stream of gaseous carbon dioxide into which carbon dioxide produced in that processing is fed. Organic contaminants and water vapor report to the recirculating carbon dioxide stream and are removed therefrom.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080213145 - Method of decomposing nitrogen dioxide: A method of decomposing NO2 to NO in an exhaust gas of a lean-bum internal combustion engine comprises the steps of contacting an acidic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zeolites, tungsten-doped titania, silica-titania, zirconia-titania, gamma-alumina, amorphous silica-alumina and mixtures of any two or more thereof with a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080213147 - Process for treating a gas stream: Processes for selectively removing sulfur-containing compounds from a gas are described herein. The processes generally include contacting a first gas including carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide with a scrub solution including ammonium bisulfite and ammonium sulfite in a first contact zone to produce a first contact zone effluent liquid including... Agent: Jo Katherine D'ambrosio D'ambrosio & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20080213146 - Technical and economic optimization of combustion, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury, carbon dioxide, coal ash and slag and coal slurry use in coal fired furnaces/boilers: Improvements in methods by which new or used coal fired boilers whether designed for coal or oil or natural gas firing can substantially improve their technical operation and reduce their capital and operating costs by implementing process steps that (a) minimize the adverse impacts of coal ash and slag on... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080213148 - Emission control system: Methods and apparatus utilizing chlorine dioxide and hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce NOx emissions, as well as SOx and mercury (or other heavy metal) emissions, from combustion flue gas streams.... Agent: Nasa John F. Kennedy Space Center

20080213149 - Process for producing steam and/or power from oil residues: Power is produced using fuel from raw and/or preprocessed oil residues which are burned alone, without any addition of sorbents, diluents or the like, to generate high pressure steam and/or power and residual emissions. Residual emissions are cleaned to simultaneously remove PM, NOX and SO2 therefrom. The sulfur in emissions... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Equinox Protection

20080213150 - Method for controlling nox emissions in the fccu: Processes for the reduction of NOx emissions from a regeneration zone during a fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock into lower molecular weight components are disclosed. The processes comprise contacting during a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process where NOx emissions are released from a regeneration zone of a fluid... Agent: Beverly J. Artale W R Grace & Co.-conn, Patent Department, Legal

20080213153 - Method of making red-emitting borate phosphor: There is described a method of producing a red-emitting manganese and cerium co-activated gadolinium magnesium zinc pentaborate phosphor that comprises combining a hydrated hexaborate of zinc, magnesium, and manganese with oxides of Gd and Ce to form a mixture, and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080213152 - Method of producing uv-emitting magnesium pentaborate phosphors: A method of producing a UV-emitting magnesium pentaborate phosphor is described. The method comprises combining a hydrated magnesium hexaborate with oxides of Y, Gd, Ce and Pr to form a mixture and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate, which is... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080213151 - Pr-containing scintillator single crystal, method of manufacturing the same, radiation detector, and inspection apparatus: The present invention provides an oxide-base scintillator single crystal having an extremely large energy of light emission, adoptable to X-ray CT and radioactive ray transmission inspection apparatus, and more specifically to provide a Pr-containing, garnet-type oxide single crystal, a Pr-containing perovskite-type oxide single crystal, and a Pr-containing silicate oxide single... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080213154 - Divided solid composition composed of grains provided with continuous metal deposition, method for the production and use thereof in the form of a catalyst: This invention relates to a solid divided composition comprising grains whose mean size is greater than 25 μm and less than 2.5 mm, wherein each grain is provided with a solid porous core and a homogeneous continuous metal layer consisting of at least one type of transition non-oxidised metal and... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20080213155 - Method for siliconizing carbon-containing materials: A method for treating workpieces that consist of porous carbon material with liquid silicon with the formation of silicon carbide, comprising the steps: Preheating porous carbon workpieces under inert gas to the selected operating temperature TB1, feeding liquid silicon to the porous carbon workpieces at an operating pressure pB2 and... Agent: Novak, Druce & Quigg LLP

20080213156 - Method for the manufacture of a reactor to separate gases: Method for manufacturing a reactor for separating a gas containing silicon, comprising the following stages: preparation of a substantially tubular reactor blank with an inner wall and an outer wall, and application of a separating layer containing a powdery separating medium, at least onto the inner wall of the reactor... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080213157 - Procedures for ammonia production: Systems and methods for producing ammonia. In one approach, Li3N is reacted with hydrogen to produce ammonia and is regenerated using nitrogen. Catalysts comprising selected transition metals or their nitrides can be used to promote the reactions. In another approach, supercritical anhydrous ammonia is used as a reaction medium to... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080213158 - Apparatus for production of crystal of group iii element nitride and process for producing crystal of group iii element nitride: A manufacturing apparatus of Group III nitride crystals and a method for manufacturing Group III nitride crystals are provided, by which high quality crystals can be manufactured. For instance, crystals are grown using the apparatus of the present invention as follows. A crystal raw material (131) and gas containing nitrogen... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080213161 - Carbon nanotube pastes and methods of use: The resulting pastes are suitable for easy redispersion in solvents and surfactants and incorporation in various matrices such as polymers. They are also suitable to be impregnated with metal precursors such as noble metal compounds for example, Pt. Appropriate drying and thermal treatments of the impregnated material produce metal-SWNT composites... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080213160 - Method of synthesising a support catalyst for the production of carbon nanotubes: e

20080213159 - Nanotube separation methods: A nanotube separation method includes depositing a tag on a nanotube in a nanotube mixture. The nanotube has a defect and the tag deposits at the defect where a deposition rate is greater than on another nanotube in the mixture lacking the defect. The method includes removing the tagged nanotube... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080213162 - Amplification of carbon nanotubes via seeded-growth methods: The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by... Agent: Winstead PC Winstead PC

20080213163 - Method for producing balif3 single crystal: Disclosed is a method for producing a BaLiF3 single crystal by a melt growth method, wherein a raw material melt for said single crystal comprising BaF2, LiF and MgF2 in such amounts that the Ba/(Ba+Li+Mg) ratio by mol is in the range of 0.35 to 0.48 and the Mg/(Li+Mg) ratio... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080213164 - Method for producing hydrogen peroxide: The present invention provides a method for producing hydrogen peroxide, comprising the steps of: alternately reducing and oxidizing a working solution containing anthraquinone compounds as a reaction medium, wherein a mixture of alkyl-substituted anthraquinones and alkyl-substituted tetrahydroanthraquinones in a molar ratio of from 2:1 to 8:1 is used as the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP