Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures inventions 03/07

20070068339 - Method of making heat cells comprising exothermic compositions having absorbent gelling material: The present invention is directed to a method of making heat cells that are suitable for incorporation into disposable heating wraps. The heat cells comprise an exothermic composition comprising an absorbent gelling material, wherein the absorbent gelling material provides for improved heat application in the relief of temporary or chronic... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070068340 - Feedstock composition for powder metallurgy forming of reactive metals: A feedstock composition and a method of forming metal articles using powder metallurgy techniques comprise mixing metal powders and a novel aromatic binder system. The composition of the novel feedstock comprises an aromatic binder system and a metal powder. The aromatic binder system comprises an aromatic species and can further... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20070068341 - Methods for spherically granulating and agglomerating metal particles, and the metal particles prepared thereby, anodes made from the metal particles: A method for spherically granulating and agglomerating metal particles such as tantalum and/or niobium powders is described in the present invention, which includes the steps of: a). comminuting the metal particles to form fine particles having D50 less than 50 μm; b). granulating the comminuted metal particles comprising volatile liquid,... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070068342 - Metalliferous, hydrogen-storing material and process for its production: The invention relates to a metal-containing, hydrogen-storing material which contains a catalyst for the purpose of hydration or dehydration, said catalyst being a metal carbonate. The method for producing such a metal-containing, hydrogen-storing material is characterized by subjecting the metal-containing material and/or the catalyst in the form of a metal... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070068343 - Synthesis of shape-specific transition metal nanoparticles: A method of producing colloidal, shaped nanoparticles of a transition metal or alloys thereof, comprising reducing ions of at least one transition metal in an aqueous solution thereof in the presence of at least one compound, which, at its isoelectric point, is a zwitterion and/or at least one small, non-polymeric... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

20070068344 - Ore reduction process and titanium oxide and iron metallization product: The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070062330 - Operation of iron oxide recovery furnace for energy savings, volatile metal removal and slag control: A method of operating a channel induction furnace so as to receive electric arc furnace (EAF) dust, basic oxygen furnace (BOF) sludge/dust and/or other iron and volatile metals containing materials as a feed stream on a batch, continuous or semi-continuous basis together with a iron-containing material feed, and therefrom produce... Agent: Butzel Long

20070062331 - Seed pellets and soils for growing plants: The invention relates to the field of seed germination and growing of plants. A composition comprising a clay, an inert material, optionally a fibrous material, and a fourth component is provided, characterized in that said fourth component comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of Al, Zr and Ti... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070062332 - Apparatus and method for clean, rapidly solidified alloys: One non-limiting embodiment of an apparatus for forming an alloy powder or preform includes a melting assembly, an atomizing assembly, and a field generating assembly, and a collector. The melting assembly produces at least one of a stream of a molten alloy and a series of droplets of a molten... Agent: Allegheny Technologies

20070062333 - Method and apparatus for producing metallic ultrafine particles: An object of the present invention is to efficiently produce ultrafine particles having such a small diameter as 50 nm or less, a narrow range of size distribution, and a non-oxidation surface. According to the present invention, the metallic ultrafine particles are produced by dropping a raw metallic powder onto... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070062334 - Phase level system: System to determine the height in liquid or molten metal levels or phases within a mat or slag converter or pyrometallurgical furnace, whereby it comprises a signal generator and a signal processor, where such generator sends an electrical signal to such processor, being such processor connected to a group of... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070062335 - Method for processing anode sludge: The invention relates to a hydrometallurgical metal for separating the precious metals and impurities of anode sludge obtained from copper electrolysis. According to the method, anode sludge copper is separated in atmospheric leaching; calcinated in two steps for separating selenium and for sulfatizing silver; the sulfatized silver is separated by... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070062336 - Method for recycling aluminum-lithium-type alloy scrap: The present invention is directed to a method for melting scrap of an aluminum alloy containing lithium. The steps include providing scrap containing aluminum-lithium-type alloys, preparing an initial liquid metal bed of a first composition in a smelting oven, loading the scrap onto the initial liquid metal bed so as... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070056401 - Process of making metal containing iron oxide and iron sulfide based nanoparticle materials: A method and structure for making magnetite nanoparticle materials by mixing iron salt with alcohol, carboxylic acid and amine in an organic solvent and heating the mixture to 200-360° C. is described. The size of the particles can be controlled either by changing the iron salt to acid/amine ratio or... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070056402 - Metal nanoparticles and method for manufacturing thereof: The present invention provides a method of producing metal nanoparticles, having a high yield rate and uniform size achieved by employing a heterologous reducing agent that considerably reduces unreactant, and using ethylene glycol that allows effective separation of desired metal nanoparticles. In addition, the present invention provides metal nanoparticles having... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070056403 - Electroconductive fine particle, method of producing electroconductive fine particle, and anisotropic electroconductive material: The present invention aims to provide electroconductive fine particles having excellent electrical conductivity with fewer pinholes in a gold coating, a method of producing the electroconductive fine particles, which are cyan-free type with a plating bath excellent in stability, and an anisotropic electroconductive material using the electroconductive fine particles. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070051199 - Superalloy powder: The invention discloses a Ni— or Co-based superalloy powder enriched with at least one fusing element: B, such that each grain of powder includes said at least one fusing element distributed among the other elements of the superalloy. A powder of this kind already has the requisite final composition, both... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070051200 - Composite briquettes for electric furnace charge, and in their method of use: For use with an electric steelmaking furnace, a briquette is provided which incorporates a suitable binder, a first quantity of carbon fines, and a second quantity of a material in powdered form, the latter material being selected from the group consisiting of lime, dolime, limestone, dolomite, magnesia, magnesium carbonate, other... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070051201 - Method of manufacturing the snznnicu solder powder and the snznnicu solder powder: The present invention is a method to manufacture the SnZnNiCu solder powder through liquid quenching atomizing method, and an atomizing temperature is not less than 500° C., in particular, not less than 900° C. The raw material metal used as raw material of the solder powder comprises 3 to 12%... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070051202 - Methods and articles for gold nanoparticle production: An example embodiment of a method for making gold nanoparticles includes steps of reacting a gold salt with a phosphino amino acid. Example phosphino amino acids include trimers, with a particular example being a trimeric amino acid conjugate containing one phosphino group. In an example method of the invention, the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070051203 - Method for discharging reduced product from a movable-hearth furnace and a discharging device: A method for discharging a reduced product produced on a movable hearth of a movable-hearth furnace uses a discharging device. The discharging device includes a removal unit for removing the reduced product from the movable hearth, a separation unit for separating the reduced product from a solid reductant, a leaving-returning... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper Us LLP

20070044588 - Ceramic sintered product and method for production thereof, and decorative member using the ceramic sintered product: A ceramic sintered product which comprises a first hard phase containing a nitride of titanium, a second hard phase containing at least one of alumina and zirconia, and a binding phase containing nickel; and a method for producing the ceramic sintered product. The ceramic sintered product is lightweight and exhibits... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070044589 - Solution jet type fabrication apparatus, method, solution containing fine particles, wiring pattern substrate, device substrate: A solution jet type fabrication apparatus for fabricating a wiring pattern or a device, the solution jet type fabrication apparatus including a jet head for ejecting a droplet of a solution containing fine particles onto a substrate, so as to form a pattern, by vaporizing a volatile ingredient of the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070044590 - Method for producing metal nanoparticle: The present invention discloses a method for producing metal nanoparticles, in which a metallic compound is first dissolved in a solvent to obtain a metal ionic solution, then the metal ionic solution is uniformly distributed on the carrier, and finally electrons provided from an electron source are shot at the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070044591 - Method for producing mesoporpus nanoscale iron-containing metal particles: A method for producing mesoporous nanoscale iron-containing metal particles includes the steps of: adding dropwise a reducing agent into an iron salt containing aqueous solution under a condition that the molar ratio of the reducing agent to the iron salt ranges from 6 to 10 times the stoichiometric ratio of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500