Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a nanoparticle composition as a heat transfer fluid in battery or other electrical equipment systems. The electrical equipment can be in particular electric batteries, electric motors, electric vehicle transmissions, electric transformers, electric capacitors, fluid-filled transmission lines, fluid-filled power cables, computers and power electronics such as electric power converters.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersion comprising cerium oxide and silicon dioxide, obtainable by first mixing a cerium oxide starting dispersion and a silicon dioxide starting dispersion while stirring, and then dispersing at a shear rate of 10000 to 30000 s?1, wherein a) the cerium oxide starting dispersion—contains 0.5 to 30% by weight of cerium oxide particles as the solid phase, —a d5o of the particle size distribution of 10 to 100 nm—and has a pH of 1 to 7, and b) the silicon dioxide starting dispersion—contains 0.1 to 30% by weight of colloidal silicon dioxide particles as the solid phase, has a d5o of the particle size distribution of 3 to 50 nm and has a pH of 6 to 11.5, d) with the proviso that the d5o of the particle size distribution of the cerium oxide particles is greater than that of the silicon dioxide particles, the cerium oxide/silicon dioxide weight ratio is >1 and the amount of cerium oxide starting dispersion is such that the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative.

Abstract: Aqueous cerium oxide dispersion Aqueous cerium oxide dispersion, containing 5 to 60% by weight cerium oxide. It can be used to polish SiO2 in the semiconductor industry.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and sheet silicate and one or more aminocarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, where the zeta potential of sheet silicate particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean diameter of the•cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm•sheet silicate particles is less than 100 nm, the content, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of•cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight•sheet silicate particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and•aminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof is from 0.01 to 5% by weight and the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and colloidal silicon dioxide and in each case one or more aminocarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, where the zeta potential of the silicon dioxide particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean diameter of the • cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm silicon dioxide particles is less than 100 nm, the content, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of • cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight silicon dioxide particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and • aminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof is from 0.01 to 5% by weight and —the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising cerium oxide particles and colloidal silicon dioxide particles, where—the zeta potential of the silicon dioxide particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, and—the mean particle diameter of the cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm and that of the silicon dioxide particles is not more than 100 nm, the mean particle diameter of the cerium oxide particles being greater than that of the silicon dioxide particles—the cerium oxide/silicon dioxide weight ratio is from 1.1:1 to 100:1 and—the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising cerium oxide particles and particles of one or more sheet silicates, where the zeta potential of the sheet silicate particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean particle diameter of the cerium oxide particles and the mean particle diameter of the sheet silicate particles is not more than 100 nm and the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5, preferably from 9 to 10.

Abstract: Aqueous cerium oxide dispersion Aqueous cerium oxide dispersion, containing 5 to 60% by weight cerium oxide. It can be used to polish SiO2 in the semiconductor industry.

Abstract: The invention concerns an adhesive composition for producing thermoset products, capable of being heated by means of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field or an alternating electromagnetic field, and containing filler particles which are metallic, ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, superparamagnetic or paramagnetic. Said adhesive composition can be hardened under the action of heat to form a high-resistance stable adhesive assembly, said resulting adhesive assemblies capable of being likewise dissociated under the action of heat.

Abstract: Cerium oxide powder having carbonate groups and made of crystalline primary particles containing cerium oxide and having carbonate groups on the surface and in a region close to the surface, and having a BET surface area of from 25 to 150 m2/g, a mean diameter of from 5 to 50 nm, a carbonate concentration in the region close to the surface decreasing inwardly from the surface, a carbon content due to carbonate groups on the surface of from 5 to 50% by area, a carbon content due to carbonate groups at a depth of about 5 nm in a region close to the surface of from 0 to 30% by area, a content of cerium oxide calculated as CeO2 and based on the powder of at least 99.5% by weight and a content of organic and inorganic carbon of from 0.01 to 0.3% by weight. A dispersion containing this powder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dispersion, which contains nano-sized zinc oxide particles, a coating preparation containing the dispersion, a process for the production of the dispersion, and a coating preparation containing the dispersion, and a use of the coating preparation.

Abstract: A dispersion of pyrogenically produced cerium oxide, which does not contain any particles larger than 1 ?m, is produced by dispersing a pyrogenically produced cerium oxide in water by means of a dissolver, centrifuging it, separating the supernatant from the bottom product, and again dispersing the supernatant by means of ultrasound. The dispersion can be used for chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP).

Abstract: Polycrystalline cerium oxide powder in the form of aggregates of primary particles with a specific surface of between 70 and 150 m2/g, an average primary particle diameter of between 5 and 20 nm and an average, projected aggregate diameter of between 20 and 100 nm. It is produced in that an aerosol is reacted in a flame obtained from a hydrogen-containing combustible gas and primary air and the solid obtained is then separated from the gaseous substances.

Abstract: A paste is provided having as solid phase at least one nanoscale powder and as liquid phase at least one dispersant, wherein the fraction of the nanoscale powder is 30% to 95% by weight and the fraction of the liquid phase is at least 5% by weight, based in each case on the total amount of the paste, the paste has a water content of less than 3% by weight of water and the liquid phase has a VOC content of less than 10 g/l, and the use of the paste in preparing dispersions, the dispersions prepared thereby, and use in a variety of other enduses.

Abstract: Aggregated, crystalline silicon powder with a BET surface of more than 50 m2/g. The powder is produced by continuously feeding at least one vaporous or gaseous silane and optionally at least one vaporous or gaseous doping substance and an inert gas into a reactor and mixing the components there, wherein the proportion of silane is between 0.1 and 90 wt. % referred to the sum total of silane, doping substance and inert gas, the mixture is caused to react by input of energy, wherein a plasma is produced by the input of energy by means of electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range at a pressure of 10 to 1100 mbar, the reaction mixture is allowed to cool and the reaction product is separated in the form of a powder from gaseous substances. The powder may be used for the production of electronic components.

Abstract: Composite particles useful for absorbing in the UV-A and UV-B regions contain a zinc oxide matrix and cerium oxide domains, wherein the domains are located in and on the matrix, wherein a fraction of zinc oxide is 80 to 98% by weight and a fraction of cerium oxide is 2 to 20% by weight, in each case based on the composite particles, and wherein a BET surface area of said composite particles is from 5 to 100 m2/g.

Abstract: Cerium oxide powder having carbonate groups and made of crystalline primary particles containing cerium oxide and having carbonate groups on the surface and in a region close to the surface, and having a BET surface area of from 25 to 150 m2/g, a mean diameter of from 5 to 50 nm, a carbonate concentration in the region close to the surface decreasing inwardly from the surface, a carbon content due to carbonate groups on the surface of from 5 to 50% by area, a carbon content due to carbonate groups at a depth of about 5 nm in a region close to the surface of from 0 to 30% by area, a content of cerium oxide calculated as CeO2 and based on the powder of at least 99.5% by weight and a content of organic and inorganic carbon of from 0.01 to 0.3% by weight. A dispersion containing this powder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dispersion, which contains nano-sized zinc oxide particles, a coating preparation containing the dispersion, a process for the production of the dispersion, and a coating preparation containing the dispersion, and a use of the coating preparation.

Abstract: A dispersion of pyrogenically produced cerium oxide, which does not contain any particles larger than 1 ?m, is produced by dispersing a pyrogenically produced cerium oxide in water by means of a dissolver, centrifuging it, separating the supernatant from the bottom product, and again dispersing the supernatant by means of ultrasound. The dispersion can be used for chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP).

Abstract: Polycrystalline cerium oxide powder in the form of aggregates of primary particles with a specific surface of between 70 and 150 m2/g, an average primary particle diameter of between 5 and 20 nm and an average, projected aggregate diameter of between 20 and 100 nm. It is produced in that an aerosol is reacted in a flame obtained from a hydrogen-containing combustible gas and primary air and the solid obtained is then separated from the gaseous substances.