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Chemistry of inorganic compounds January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110020198 - Process for recovering copper sulphide from copper bearing ores by froth flotation: P

20110020199 - Process for enhanced remediation of contaminated wastewaters, soils and wasteforms: The present invention provides reagents that may be useful for treating wastes such as impure aqueous materials including wastewater to remove a significant proportion of the heavy metals that may be contained therein. The reagents include a calcium aluminosilicate (CAS) source and may include one or more of the following... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20110020200 - Process for producing a thermostable ti02/si02 mixed oxide and mixed oxide produced therefrom: The present invention relates to a process for preparing TiO2/SiO2 mixed oxides or the hydrates and/or oxide hydrates thereof comprised of 0.5 to 95 wt % SiO2 and the balance as TiO2, each referring to the completely calcined product, by using titanium alcoholates and aqueous silica sol. Moreover, the invention... Agent: C. James Bushman Browning Bushman P.C.

20110020201 - Oxygen storage catalyst with decreased ceria reduction temperature: Catalysts, systems and methods for abating emissions in an exhaust stream are provided. Systems comprising a transition metal oxide stabilized oxygen storage catalyst are described. The emissions treatment system is advantageously used for the treatment of exhaust streams from lean burn engines including diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines.... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20110020202 - Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and their use: Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and methods of using them. The sorbent bodies can be used to remove toxic elements from a fluid, such as from a gas stream. For instance, the sorbent bodies may be used to remove elemental mercury or mercury in an oxidized... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20110020203 - Process for removal of carbon dioxide from a gas: The invention provides a process for the removal of CO2 from a gas, the process comprising the steps of: (a) removing CO2 from the gas by contacting the gas with absorbing liquid in an absorber to obtain absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 and a purified gas; (b) heating absorbing liquid... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20110020204 - Chabazite zeolite catalysts having low silica to alumina ratios: Disclosed are zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure with a low silica to alumina ratio, as well as articles and systems incorporating the catalysts and methods for their preparation and use. The catalysts can be used to reduce NOx from exhaust gas streams, particularly those emanating from gasoline or... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20110020205 - Carbon-based catalyst for flue gas desulfurization and method of producing the same and use thereof for removing mercury in flue gas: A carbon-based catalyst for flue gas desulfurization is brought into contact with a flue gas containing at least SO2 gas, oxygen and water vapor so that the SO2 gas can react with the oxygen and the water vapor to form sulfuric acid which is to be recovered. On a surface... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110020206 - Adsorbent, preparation method thereof and sr-90/y-90 generator using the same: Disclosed herein is an radioisotope adsorbent including a bifunctional organosilane compound, including an organosiloxane functional group and a phosphate group, bonded on the surface of silica which is a bone structure of the adsorbent, and a method of preparing the radioisotope adsorbent, and a strontium/yttrium generator using the radioisotope adsorbent.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20110020207 - Method for producing hydrogen cyanide in a particulate heat exchanger circulated as a moving fluidized bed: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing hydrogen cyanide by reacting ammonia with hydrocarbons, the reaction gas mixture being brought to reaction temperature in the fluidized bed by means of indirect heating by contact with a particulate heat transferrer, and which is characterized in that the heat transferrer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110020208 - Carbon ion pump for removal of carbon dioxide from combustion gas and other gas mixtures: A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramatically increases the concentration of dissolved... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20110020209 - Process for producing carbon: A process for producing a carbon comprising the first step of polymerizing an alkylphenol with an aldehyde compound to obtain a chained or crosslinked polymer and the second step of heating the obtained polymer at 800 to 980° C. under an inert gas atmosphere.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20110020210 - Method for making twisted carbon nanotube wire: The present invention relates to a method for making a twisted carbon nanotube wire. Two opposite ends of the at least one carbon nanotube film is clamped by two clamps. The two clamps is pulled along two reversed directions to stretch the at least one carbon nanotube film. The at... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110020211 - High throughput carbon nanotube growth system, and carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers formed thereby: A system is provided for forming carbon nanotubes comprising growing carbon nanotubes using a hot filament CVD system.... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20110020212 - Method and apparatus for degasification of claus-derived sulfur: A method and apparatus for degasification of Claus-derived sulfur by the use of gas-liquid eductor using the liquid sulfur as the ejector motive force and ambient sweep air as the active degassing agent combined with a static mixer and packed bed for promoting the intimate contact of the air and... Agent: Douglas J. Edmonds

20110020213 - Titanium oxide and method of producing the same: There is provided a titanium oxide having a reflectance of 80% or lower with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm. There is also provided a method of producing an anatase titanium oxide, comprising creating pulsed plasma by an electric current of lower than 5... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110020214 - Dehydrogenation of cyclic thioethers: There is disclosed a surprising reaction of an alkane thiol with a catalyst and heat to become dehydrogenated and form a thiophene rather than an expected desulfurization reaction to form the corresponding alkane or alkene. Moreover, there are disclosed surprising results regarding the form of a catalyst to allow a... Agent: Asemblon, Inc Jeffrey B. Oster -- Legal Department

20110020215 - Chemical hydride formulation and system design for controlled generation of hydrogen: A chemical hydride liquid reactant distribution mixture is provided. The mixture includes a fuel mixture having at least one hydride and at least one activating agent. The invention further includes a liquid-distributing agent (LDA), a form-stabilizing agent, and at least one anti-caking agent. The liquid reactant distribution mixture reduces caking... Agent: Schox PLC

20110014097 - System and method for conversion of molybdenite to one or more molybdenum oxides: A system and method for producing molybdenum oxide(s) from molybdenum sulfide are disclosed. The system includes a pressure leach vessel, a solid-liquid separation stage coupled to the pressure leach vessel, a solvent-extraction stage coupled to the solid-liquid separation stage, and a base stripping stage coupled to the solvent-extraction stage. The... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (freeport)

20110014098 - High-efficiency catalytic converters for treating exhaust gases: Several embodiments of high-efficiency catalytic converters and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a catalytic converter for treating a flow of exhaust gas comprising a reaction chamber, a heating enclosure enclosing at least a portion of the reaction chamber, and an optional coolant channel encasing the heating... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20110014099 - Particulate filter with hydrogen sulphide block function: The invention relates to a catalytically active particulate filter which, in addition to the properties typical of particulate filters, has hydrogen sulphide block function, and to a process for removing nitrogen oxides and particulates from the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines operated predominantly under lean conditions (so-called “lean-burn engines”)... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20110014100 - Carbon sequestration using ionic liquids: A process to capture and sequester an impurity gas from a fluid stream. The impurity gas capture is accomplished by contacting the fluid stream with an impurity removing mixture, the mixture comprising an ionic liquid and an amine compound under conditions sufficient to reduce the amount of impurity gas from... Agent: Riverside Law LLP

20110014101 - Catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, and apparatus and method for purification of exhaust gas using the catalyst: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, in which a noble metal is supported on a metal oxide support, has a basic site content of 1 mmol/L-cat or less, as determined on the basis of an amount of CO2 desorbed per liter of the catalyst as measured by a CO2... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20110014102 - Materials and methods for the removal of sulfur compounds from feedstock: A composite material having utility for removing sulfur from a feedstock comprises a ceramic matrix having a relatively low melting point metal such as tin, zinc, lead or bismuth nanodispersed therein. The material may be prepared from a mixture of particles of a precursor of the ceramic matrix and precursor... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20110014103 - Preparation of desulphurisation materials: c

20110014104 - Redox method for capture of total gaseous mercury by wet fgd: A method for capturing gaseous elemental mercury in a flue gas wherein a soluble mercury oxidizer is utilized to oxidize gaseous elemental mercury at a gas-liquid interface of a wet scrubber, and oxidized mercury product is removed prior to re-emission.... Agent: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.

20110014105 - Desulphurisation materials: m

20110014106 - Combustion flue gas sox treatment via dry sorbent injection: Combustion flue gas containing SOX is treated to remove SOX using a dry particulate sorbent injection procedure in which a sodium-based sorbent precursor is calcined immediately prior to its introduction into the flue gas stream, to activate the sorbent for reaction with SOX. The sorbent precursor is a NaHCO3-containing compound,... Agent: Patent Administrator Fmc Corporation

20110014107 - Process for preparing anhydrous rare earth metal halides: Processes of preparing anhydrous rare earth metal halides are provided. In some embodiments, the rare earth metal halide is cerium (III) chloride. In other embodiments, the rare earth metal halide is lanthanum chloride.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20110014109 - Catalytic reactor: Flow deflector that is capable of changing the flow direction of a fluid during passage through a duct. The duct is formed by an inner and outer duct, which creates an annular region in the duct. The flow deflector forces the fluid passing through the annular region of the duct... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20110014108 - Method for storing solar thermal energy: A method for storing solar thermal energy includes: acquiring solar thermal energy, performing a reaction to produce hydrogen from water by using a part of the acquired solar thermal energy, and performing a reaction to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and the obtained hydrogen by using another part of the acquired... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110014110 - Solid hollow fiber cooling crystallization methods: A solid hollow fiber cooling crystallizer and method for crystallizing aqueous and organic solutions are provided. The solid hollow fiber crystallizer (SHFC) for carrying out cooling crystallization of inorganic/organic microsolutes/macrosolutes from solution generally includes a bundle of non-porous hollow fibers mounted within a shell where a feed solution for crystallization... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Stamford

20110014111 - Highly efficient process for manufacture of exfoliated graphene: A process for preparing oxidized graphite that provides exfoliated graphene, preferably with high surface area. The process uses considerably less chlorate than previously known systems.... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20110014112 - Method for growing monocrystalline diamonds: A method of forming mono-crystalline diamond by chemical vapour deposition, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one diamond seed; (b) exposing the seed to conditions for growing diamond by chemical vapour deposition, including supplying reaction gases that include a carbon-containing gas and hydrogen for growing diamond... Agent: Berliner & Associates

20110014113 - Carbon nanotube seperation by reversible gelation: Embodiments described herein generally relate to the separation of carbon nanotubes by reversible gelation.... Agent: OmikronIPLaw Group

20110014114 - Mechanically stable catalyst based on alpha-alumina: b

20110014115 - Silver selenide sputtered films and method and apparatus for controlling defect formation in silver selenide sputtered films: Method and apparatus for sputter depositing silver selenide and controlling defect formation in and on a sputter deposited silver selenide film are provided. A method of forming deposited silver selenide comprising both alpha and beta phases is further provided. The methods include depositing silver selenide using sputter powers of less... Agent: Thomas J. D'amico Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP

20110014116 - Process for continuous production of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particle: Fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles are continuously produced by the process comprising the following steps: (1) placing in a reaction vessel a seed particle-containing aqueous dispersion comprising fibrous basic magnesium sulfate seed particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; (2) supplying magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate continuously into the reaction vessel... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20110008227 - System and method for the calcination of minerals: A system and method for the calcination of minerals. The system comprises a vertically disposed reactor segment configured to impart horizontal forces on particles passing through the reactor segment in a vertical direction; an injector unit for receiving granular feedstock, the injector unit being disposed at a top portion of... Agent: Crain, Caton & James

20110008228 - Use of aqueous guanidinium formate solutions for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases of vehicles: The invention relates to the use of aqueous guanidinium formiate solutions, optionally combined with urea and/or ammonia and/or ammonium salts, for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides using ammonia in exhaust gases of vehicles. The inventive guanidinium formiate solutions enable a reduction of the nitrogen oxides by approximately 90%.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20110008229 - Sulfur recovery plant tail gas treatment process: A process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream in which the gas stream is first passed through a Claus unit operating at a sub-stoichiometric ratio (H2S:SO2) of greater than 2:1 to produce a tail gas stream comprising less than 2000 vppm SO2. This tail gas stream... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20110008230 - Systems and methods for high efficiency regenerative selective catalytic reduction: The invention provides a system for regenerative selective catalytic reduction including a catalyst chamber that contains a catalyst for reducing NOx in a gas stream passing therethrough. The system also includes a reactant injector, first and second heat exchangers, and a valve manifold adapted to direct a substantially continuous gas... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110008231 - Process for the manufacture of p406: The invention relates to a process for the production of P4O6 of high purity by reacting oxygen, or a mixture of oxygen and an inert gas, with gaseous or liquid phosphorus to generate said reaction product in a reaction unit. The reaction product is kept in the reaction unit at... Agent: Husch Blackwell LLP

20110008232 - Combustion process for the manufacture of calcium phosphate and calcium phosphate composite particles: The present application is directed to methods of manufacturing calcium phosphate particles. In particular, the method is directed at eliminating the requirement for a sintering step in the manufacturing process. The method involves the atomisation and combustion of one or more antecedent compositions containing calcium precursors, phosphorus precursors and hydrogen... Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20110008233 - Positive electrode active material: A highly effective positive electrode is obtained by using a material such as Na which is an inexpensive abundant resource. A positive electrode active material of sodium transition metal phosphate of olivine structure in which the sodium transition metal phosphate of olivine structure includes, a phosphorus atom that is located... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20110008234 - forsterite and method for making: High temperature fusion of olivine to produce forsterite in the presence of a reducing agent such as carbon can produce improved refractories when in addition to MgO additional, particular oxidation and/or oxidative reaction environments beyond the use of Carbon are employed.... Agent: Matthews Edwards LLC

20110008236 - High purity silicon-containing products and method of manufacture: Silicon-containing products, such as silicon, silicon carbide and silicon nitride, containing less than 0.01 weight percent total mineral impurities and selectively determined carbon-to-silicon ratios. The products are derived from plant matter, such as rice hulls and rice straw, containing at least three weight percent silica. Methods are provided for making... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20110008235 - Method for moderate temperature reutilization of ionic halides: In one embodiment, the present invention relates generally to a method for reutilizing ionic halides in a production of an elemental material. In one embodiment, the method includes reacting a mixture of an ionic halide, at least one of: an oxide, suboxide or an oxyhalide of an element to be... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP Sri International

20110008237 - Method for manufacturing iron silicide nano-wires: A method for making iron silicide nano-wires comprises the following steps. Firstly, providing an iron object and a growing device, and the growing device comprising a heating apparatus and a reacting room. Secondly, placing the iron object into the reacting room. Thirdly, introducing a silicon-containing gas into the reacting room.... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110008238 - Regeneration of hydrogenation catalysts based on a platinum metal: A process for regenerating hydrogenation catalysts based on a platinum metal, where the hydrogenation catalysts based on a platinum metal are thermally regenerated at temperatures of from 50 to 600° C.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20110008239 - Method and apparatus using carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage: A method of storing hydrogen using carbon nanotubes having a diameter ranging from 0.6-0.8 nm. The hydrogen may be stored in a container which is made of another material. The carbon nanotubes may be provided inside the container for adsorbing the hydrogen.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20110008240 - Process and apparatus for producing carbon nanotube, carbon nanotube fiber, and the like: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) device is equipped with a reaction vessel tube and a small vessel substrate in an electric furnace and with a heater and a thermocouple at the periphery thereof. A gas supply portion is connected to one of the reaction vessel tubes, and a pressure adjusting... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20110008241 - Catalytically activated vacuum distillation system: A catalytically activated vacuum distillation system, several novel component parts of said system, a process for producing carbon based products and novel carbon black that is produced from such a system and process.... Agent: MckellarIPLaw, PLLC

20110008242 - Method for producing oxygen-containing halogenated fluoride: Disclosed is a method for producing an oxygen-containing halogenated fluoride, wherein a gas-liquid reaction is used. This method is a method for producing an oxygen-containing halogenated fluoride represented by the general formula: XOmF (where X represents a halogen atom (Cl, Br or I) constituting a halogen fluoride and m represents... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20110008243 - Processes for preparation of compositions comprising potassium chloride: Provided herein are processes for obtaining sylvinite and/or sylvite from sea water, sea bitterns and/or sea salts. The processes comprise reacting sea water, sea bitterns and/or sea salts with calcium hydroxide and/or calcium oxide.... Agent: Jones Day

20110008244 - Synthesis of metal chalcogenide nanocrystals using organodichalcogenide reagents: A method of synthesizing metal chalcogenide nanocrystals involving the steps of combining an organodichalcogenide, a metal salt and a ligand compound to form a mixture; degassing the mixture to remove air and water from the mixture; heating the mixture at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the organodichalcogenide for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20110008245 - Method for manufacturing nanostructure and nanostructure manufactured by the same: Provided are methods for producing nanostructures and nanostructures obtained thereby. The methods include heating a certain point of a substrate dipped into a precursor solution of the nanostructures so that the nanostructures are grown in a liquid phase environment without evaporation of the precursor solution. The methods show excellent cost-effectiveness... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20110008246 - System and method for generating nanoparticles: Systems and methods for generating nanomaterial are described wherein a reaction, for example, oxidation, for generating nanomaterial occurs in an open reaction zone which is external to the nanoparticle generator. The systems and methods minimize damage to the hot wall reactors evident in conventional systems and methods used to generate... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20110008247 - Method for selectively storing gas by controlling gas storage space of gas storage medium: Provided is a gas storage method of a gas storage medium having a multilayer structure in which crystalline structures are stacked to be spaced from each other, including selectively storing gas by relatively controlling a space between the crystalline structures or a lattice distance between crystals of each crystalline structure... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20110002823 - Pooled separation of actinides froma highly acidic aqueous phase using a solvating extractant in a salting-out medium: Applications: reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuels, in particular for recovering plutonium, neptunium, americium, curium and possibly uranium, present in the form of traces, in a pooled but selective fashion with regard to lanthanides, from a solution for the dissolution of an irradiated nuclear fuel, downstream of a cycle for the... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20110002824 - Composition and method for enhancing the production of crystal agglomerates from a precipitation liquor: The present invention relates ways to increase the output of a high quality product from the precipitation liquor crystallization process exemplified through the aluminum hydroxide recovery processes such as the Bayer process. The invention is a method of increasing the size of precipitated of a liquor. The invention in one... Agent: Nalco Company

20110002825 - Preparation method of lithium carbonate from lithium-ion secondary battery recovered material: e

20110002826 - Use of redox mass having a spinel type structure for a looping redox process: The invention relates to the use of a novel type of active mass in looping redox processes. Said mass contains a spinel of formula Cu1−xFe1+xAlO4 with 0≦x≦0.1. The active mass according to the invention has a high oxygen transfer capacity and improved oxidation and reduction rates.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20110002827 - Mercury reduction system and mercury reduction method of flue gas containing mercury: A mercury reduction system includes an NH4Cl supplying unit that sprays an NH4Cl solution into a flue of the boiler, a reduction denitration apparatus that includes a denitration catalyst for reducing NOx in the flue gas with NH3 and oxidizing Hg in the presence of HCl, and a wet desulfurization... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110002828 - Mercury reduction system and mercury reduction method of flue gas containing mercury: A mercury reduction system according to the present embodiment is a mercury reduction system that reduces NOx and Hg in flue gas discharged from a boiler, and includes a chemical supplying unit that mixes an NH4Cl solution, an NH3 solution, and an HCl solution in liquid states, and supplies a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110002829 - Mercury reduction system and mercury reduction method of flue gas containing mercury: A mercury reduction system according to the present embodiment is a mercury reduction system that reduces NOx and Hg in flue gas discharged from a boiler, and includes an NH4Cl solution spraying unit that sprays an NH4Cl solution into a flue of the boiler in a liquid state, a mixed... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110002830 - Selective catalytic reduction of nox enabled by sidestream urea decomposition: A preferred apparatus arrangement utilizes the enthalpy of the flue gas, which can be supplemented if need be, to convert urea (30) into ammonia for SCR. Urea (30), which decomposes at temperatures above 140 .degree. C., is injected (32) into a flue gas stream split off (28) after a heat... Agent: Thaddius J. Carvis

20110002831 - Sol-gel process with an encapsulated catalyst: A sol-gel process for preparing a mixture of metal-oxide-metal compounds wherein at least one metal oxide precursor is subjected to a hydrolysis treatment to obtain one or more corresponding metal oxide hydroxides, the metal oxide hydroxides so obtained are subjected to a condensation treatment to form the metal-oxide-metal compounds, which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20110002832 - Superconducting compound and method for producing the same: Disclosed is a superconducting compound which has a structure obtained by partially substituting oxygen ions of a compound, which is represented by the following chemical formula; LnTMOPh [wherein Ln represents at least one element selected from Y and rare earth metal elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110002833 - Thin film of metal-silicon compound and process for producing the thin film of the metal-silicon compound: The present invention relates to a thin film of a metal-silicon compound and a process for producing the thin film of the metal-silicon compound. The metal-silicon compound is a compound of a transition metal and silicon, and has a transition metal-containing silicon cluster as a unit structure, the transition metal-containing... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20110002834 - Apparatus for producing silicone carbide articles and articles made therewith: Method for treatment of workpieces of porous carbon material with liquid silicon with the formation of silicon carbide, comprising the following steps: Preheating of porous carbon workpieces under an inert gas to a selected operating temperature TB1, delivery of liquid silicon to the porous carbon workpieces at an operating pressure... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20110002835 - Methods for pulling a multicrystalline silicon ingot from a silicon melt: Methods for producing muticrystalline silicon ingots by use of a Czochralski-type crystal puller and pulling assemblies that include a plurality of seed crystals for pulling multicrystalline silicon ingots.... Agent: Richard A. Schuth (memc) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20110002836 - method for manufacturing nitric acid: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nitric acid wherein a gaseous mixture, including air and ammonia, is transported on a catalyst including platinum to carry out catalytic oxidation of the ammonia, and is characterized in that a sulfurated component is added to the gaseous mixture.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20110002837 - Enhancement of quality and quantity of carbon nanotubes during growth by addition of miscible oxygenates: Disclosed is an experimental setup for synthesis of carbon nanotubes by floating catalyst method which comprises of a feeding and a reactor system. FIG. 1, illustrates CNT growth apparatus set up 100. The feeding system includes a syringe pump 115 for injecting of feed solution, liquid spraying, and or solid... Agent: Choobin & Choobin Consultancy L.l.c Barry Choobin

20110002838 - Method for preparing single walled carbon nanotubes from a metal layer: Methods of preparing single walled carbon nanotubes are provided. An arrangement comprising one or more layers of fullerene in contact with one side of a metal layer and a solid carbon source in contact with the other side of metal layer is prepared. The fullerene/metal layer/solid carbon source arrangement is... Agent: Hyperion Catalysis International , Inc.

20110002839 - Carbon heat-treatment process: Methods for producing devolatilized and/or activated carbon in a reactor or reaction vessel of a heat treatment system from a suitable carbonaceous feedstock by introducing the feedstock into the reactor tangentially at a rotational velocity of at least 90 RPM. The methods include the steps of providing a combination of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20110002840 - Method for making ammonium metatungstate: A method for producing ammonium metatungstate from ammonium paratungstate includes preparing an ammonium paratungstate mixture including solid ammonium paratungstate and water. The mixture is contacted with a cation exchange material to lower a pH of the mixture to a pH range wherein metatungstate ion is stable and an insoluble tungstic... Agent: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

20110002841 - Methods of forming metal oxide nanostructures, and nanostructures thereof: A method of forming a metal oxide nanostructure comprises disposing a chelated oligomeric metal oxide precursor on a solvent-soluble template to form a first structure comprising a deformable chelated oligomeric metal oxide precursor layer; setting the deformable chelated oligomeric metal oxide precursor layer to form a second structure comprising a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Arc Division

20110002842 - Method for recovering hydrogen from resin waste materials, method for producing hydrogen from resin waste materials and apparatus for producing hydrogen from resin waste materials: A method for efficiently recovering hydrogen from resin waste. The method, characterized by reacting waste containing resin with water in the presence of hydrous iron oxide particles or/and iron oxide particles.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC