Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum white rust inhibiting composition containing alkali metal metasilicate and alkali metal hydroxide as essential components. The composition described by the present invention can provide an anti-corrosion function to vehicle aluminum parts without a separate surface process, thus reducing the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of processes and improving the durability of the vehicle aluminum parts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2011
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Houghton Corporation
Inventors:
Ji Yong Lee, Dong Ho Kwak, Byung Jun Jung, Sung Hyun Park, Chul Hee Hong, Kwang Soon Kim
Abstract: Surface-modified, fumed silica having the data: BET surface area, m2/g: 25-400; Average primary particle size, nm: 5-50; pH: 3-10; Carbon content, % by weight: 0.1-10; Potassium content (calculated as potassium oxide), % by weight: 0.000001-40; is prepared by subjecting a fumed silica to surface modification in the presence of potassium compounds. It can be used in LSR silicone rubber compositions as a filler.
Abstract: Surface-modified silicas Surface-modified, highly structured, potassium oxide-doped silicas, characterized by BET surface area, m2/g: 25-400 average primary particle size, nm: 5-50 pH: 3-10 carbon content, % by weight: 0.1-10 potassium oxide content, % by weight: 0.000001-40 are prepared by subjecting a potassium oxide-doped silica to surface modification. It can be used as a filler in silicone rubber compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2007
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2011
Assignee:
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Inventors:
Juergen Meyer, Mario Scholz, Kai Schumacher
Abstract: A process for wet pulverizing mesoporous silica particles while a surfactant exists in mesopores, and mesoporous silica particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, wherein the volume of mesopores having a diameter of 2 to 50 nm is 0.7 mL/g or more and the geometric standard deviation of a mesopore distribution is 2.0 or less. Mesoporous silica particles having a particle diameter in a submicron order can be obtained at a high yield without causing the marked collapse of mesopores and can be produced efficiently by using an ordinary pulverizer and safely by using an aqueous medium. The mesoporous silica particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less are useful as an ink absorbent for ink jet recording paper, low-dielectric film, catalyst support, separating agent, adsorbent and medical carrier for medicines.
Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments, the particles of which generally have a length of from 2 ?m to 5 mm, a width of from 2 ?m to 2 mm, and a thickness of from 20 nm to 2 ?m, and a ratio of length to thickness of at least 2:1, wherein the particles contain a core of SiO2 or a silicon/silicon oxide obtained by heating SiOy flakes with 1.1?y?1.8 in an oxygen-free atmosphere at a temperature of at least 400° C., which core has a narrow distribution of particle sizes and two substantially parallel faces, the distance between which is the shortest axis of the core, and a material layer having a high index of refraction a metal oxide; a process for their production and their use in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings (paints), printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass.
Abstract: The invention is concerned with a material which shows low absorption for UV radiation having a wavelength below 250 nm, low birefringence, high chemical resistance and high radiation resistance and which is therefore particularly usable for making optical components for microlithography. According to the invention the material consists of synthetically produced quartz crystallites which form a polycrystalline structure and have a mean grain size in the range between 500 nm and 30 ?m. The method according to the invention for making a blank from the material comprises providing granules consisting of synthetically produced quartz crystals having a mean grain size in the range between 500 nm and 30 ?m, and sintering the granules to obtain a blank of polycrystalline quartz.
Abstract: Dispersion comprising water and mixed potassium silicon oxide powder, where—the mixed oxide powder is in the form of aggregates of primary particles, has a BET surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g, has an average aggregate diameter in the dispersion of less than 100 nm, and possesses a potassium fraction of 0.05% to 1.5% by weight, calculated as K2O and based on the mixed oxide powder, and—the dispersion has a fraction of mixed oxide powder in the dispersion of 25% to 40% by weight, the sum of water and mixed oxide powder is at least 98% by weight and the pH is 9 to 11.5.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2011
Assignee:
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Inventors:
Wolfgang Lortz, Gabriele Perlet, Werner Will, Kai Schumacher
Abstract: Disclosed are particles containing substrates and an anion-binding layer, containing one or more anion-forming organic active compounds or active compound/colorant mixtures; processes for preparing said particles and to methods of use thereof in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, formulations, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents or identity papers, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2011
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Carsten Handrosch, Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz, Soheila Anzali
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of light-colored or transparent particulate semiconductor materials or particulate substrates that are coated with said semiconductor materials as a hardening and/or drying additive and/or for increasing the thermal conductivity of lacquer systems and printing colors.
Abstract: Aqueous dispersions contain at least two chemically different particle types having a diameter on average of less than 100 ?m. The dispersions are resistant to sedimentation and gelling for long periods of time, and can be used for many purposes, such as the polishing of optical surfaces, and in paints and adhesives.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2004
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2011
Assignee:
Wacker Chemie AG
Inventors:
Herbert Barthel, Johann Doppelberger, Mario Heinemann, Torsten Gottschalk-Gaudig, Stephan Loskot, Ute Voelkel
Abstract: This application discusses organo-neutralized diatomaceous earth, comprising at least one diatomaceous earth subjected to at least one treatment with at least one basic organic compound. Also disclosed herein is a composition, such as a silicone rubber composition or a paper composition, comprising organo-neutralized diatomaceous earth. Also disclosed herein are methods of making organo-neutralized diatomaceous earth and methods of making silicone rubber formulations comprising a organo-neutralized diatomaceous earth filler.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 4, 2009
Publication date:
February 17, 2011
Applicant:
World Minerals, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael Greene, Nigel Julian Keith Danvers, Qingchun Hu
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a granular material 26 for mixing with at least a hydraulic binding agent and with water to produce mortar or concrete. This process comprises at least an aggregation step and a carbonation step. In the aggregation step, steel slag particles from at least a fine fraction 24 of steel slag, in particular a fine fraction of steel slag containing a significant amount of ?-dicalcium silicate, are aggregated into larger grains so as to form a coarser granular material 25. In the carbonation step, said aggregated particles in said coarser granular material 25 are carbonated by means of carbon dioxide so as to produce a carbonated granular material 26. The present invention also relates to a carbonated granular material of aggregated steel slag particles containing a significant amount of ?-dicalcium silicate, in particular at least 3 wt. %, preferably at least 5 wt. % and more preferably at least 7 wt.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2009
Publication date:
January 27, 2011
Inventors:
Evelyne Nguyên, Dirk Van Mechelen, Philippe Descamps
Abstract: The present invention relates to a security pigment having an intrinsic hidden and/or forensic security feature, consisting of a transparent inorganic matrix and at least one particulate material embedded in the matrix, to the use of a security pigment of this type for the pigmentation of paints, coatings and the like, and to a method for the detection of a security pigment of this type.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 12, 2008
Publication date:
January 27, 2011
Inventors:
Ralf Petry, Michael Weiden, Sylke Klein, Klaus-Christian Ullmann
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide polymer matrix nanocomposites reinforced with nano-scale materials such as nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating. The nanomaterials are provided within relatively low weight fractions, for example in the range of approximately 0.01 to about 0.4% by weight and distributed within the matrix by a magnetic mixing procedure to provide substantially uniform reinforcement of the nanocomposites. Advantageously, these nanocomposites provide significantly enhanced tensile strength, strain to failure, and fracture toughness over corresponding neat matrices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2011
Assignee:
University of Hawaii
Inventors:
Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi Nejhad, Vinod P Veedu, Andrea Yuen, Davood Askari
Abstract: Provided is a pyrogenically prepared SiO2 powder in the form of aggregated primary particles having a statistical thickness surface area (STSA) of 10-500 m2/g, a thickening action based on the STSA of 4-8 mPas·g/m2, and a micropore volume of 0.03-0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2011
Assignee:
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Hille, Florian Felix Kneisel, Volker Hamm, Matthias Rochnia
Abstract: The present invention relates to solid silica preparations composed of the components (A) 20% to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the preparation, of a silica; (B) 20% to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the preparation, of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble, nonionic, surface-active additive based on polyethers, a water-soluble, surface-active additive containing carboxylate groups, a polyurethane, an anionic, surface-active additive based on acidic phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfuric or sulfonic esters; (C) if appropriate, further components, the further components comprising no pigments, and the sum of all components (A), (B), and (C) making 100% by weight. The invention further relates to methods of producing them and also to methods of coloring high molecular mass organic or inorganic materials, more particularly of coloring plastics.
Abstract: The invention relates to silica dispersions that have a long shelf-life, to a method for producing the same and to their use in the construction industry as concrete admixtures and in the paper industry for producing or coating paper.
Abstract: Lightweight cementitious foams of the invention have excellent dynamic and dimensional stability due to use of foaming system comprising polycarboxylate surfactant foam generating agent, foam stabilizer (e.g., PVOH), and shrinkage reducing admixture to inhibit plastic shrinkage and micro-cracking of cement. The foaming system can be used in conventional cement mortars or concretes as well as with exemplary cementitious slurry systems of the invention, which include an expansive agent, a cross-linking agent for the foam stabilizer. Microfibers can be used in the foam, slurry, or both, to prevent micro-cracking. Cementitious foams can be made without use of autoclave or lightweight aggregates to achieve enhanced compressive strength and thermal insulation properties that compare favorably with conventional foams and insulation materials at comparable densities.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 5, 2009
Publication date:
December 9, 2010
Inventors:
Neal S. Berke, Jordan S. Merritt, Lianfang Li, Antonio J. Aldykiewicz, JR., Robert A. Wiercinski, Michael D. Morgan
Abstract: There is provided colloidal silica particles comprising at least one polyvalent metal element M selected from a group consisting of iron, aluminum, zinc, zirconium, titanium, tin, and lead in an average content of 0.001 to 0.02 in terms of an M/Si molar ratio, and having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 40 nm, wherein the content of the polyvalent metal element M present in an outermost layer of the colloidal particles is 0 to 0.003 atom per square nanometer (nm2) of a surface area of the colloidal particles; and a silica sol that the colloidal silica particles are dispersed in an organic solvent, a silica sol that the colloidal silica particles are dispersed in a polymerizable compound, and a silica sol that the colloidal silica particles are dispersed in a dicarboxylic anhydride.
Abstract: Disclosed are pigment mixtures containing at least two components, where component A contains bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) or boron nitride (BN) and component B contains synthetic flakes treated with at least one metal soap or mineral flakes treated with at least one metal soap and to the use thereof especially in cosmetic formulations.
Abstract: In the invention, a silica sol prepared by hydrolyzing and condensing a silane compound represented by the following formula: Si(OR1)4 or R2nSi(OR3)4-n wherein R1s, R2(s) and R3(s) may be the same or different when a plurality of them are contained in the molecule and each independently represents a linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group in the presence of a hydrophilic basic catalyst and a hydrophobic basic catalyst is used for a conventional porous-film forming composition.
Abstract: The invention relates to a coating compound for automobile construction, comprising a filler, preferably an aluminum silicate-based filler, which reduces, more particularly prevents, bubbling on transition from the wet state to the dry state.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 18, 2008
Publication date:
November 4, 2010
Applicant:
EFTEC EUROPE HOLDING AG
Inventors:
Joachim Seitzer, Max Lauchenauer, Heinrich Sommer
Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing at least one plasticizer and silicon dioxide particles having an average particle size of 150 nm or less. According to the invention, the proportion of silicon dioxide particles is from 10 to 80% by weight and the proportion of plasticizer is from 90 to 20% by weight, where the sum of the proportions of silicon dioxide particles and of the plasticizer is at least 80% by weight. The invention makes it possible to mix nanoparticles into any polymeric materials in a simple way.
Abstract: A method relating to making a metal coated filler includes mixing a solution of an organic diol with a plurality of porous filler particles to obtain a support mixture; contacting a metal salt solution with the support mixture forming a reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature within a temperature range from about 50 degrees Celsius to about 200 degrees Celsius. The metal cations in the metal salt solution are reduced to metal particles by the organic diol and are disposed on the porous filler particles and on filler particle pore surfaces. The metal coated filler may then be optionally isolated. Electrically and/or thermally conductive articles including the metal coated fillers and methods for their manufacture are also disclosed.
Abstract: Provided is a multi-phase particulate having a dispersed phase component dispersed in and bound to a bulk phase component. The dispersed phase component includes a metal, a metal oxide, an organometallic compound, salts thereof, and/or mixtures thereof, and the bulk phase component includes an inorganic material different from the dispersed phase component. The dispersed phase component is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 60 percent by weight based on total combined weight of the dispersed phase component and the bulk phase component. Related methods, compositions and composites also are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2009
Publication date:
October 14, 2010
Applicant:
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Inventors:
Mykola Vasyl'ovych Borysenko, Geoffrey R. Webster, Shiryn Tyebjee, Tetiana V. Cherniavska, Alla Dyachenko, Iurii Gnatiuk, Peter Kamarchik, JR., Ljiljana Maksimovic, Yi J. Warburton, Shantilal M. Mohnot
Abstract: Process for preparing an alkaline dispersion of aggregated silicon dioxide particles by dividing a preliminary dispersion within a pH of 3 to 5 into at least two streams, placing these streams under a pressure of at least 50 bar and depressurizing them to a collision point, each via one nozzle, in a grinding chamber, and admixing the dispersion that runs off at the bottom, while still in the grinding chamber, with an alkaline substance in an amount such that the dispersion overall has a pH of more than 7.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2008
Publication date:
September 30, 2010
Applicant:
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Inventors:
Wolfgang Lortz, Werner Will, Sascha Reitz, Gabriele Perlet
Abstract: Coating systems characterized in that they contain 0.5% by weight to 30% by weight of a hydrophilic, structurally modified, optionally reground, fumed silica.
Abstract: Disclosed are a pigment comprising a flake-form substrate, where natural and synthetic clay minerals are excluded as substrate, and an anion-binding layer, in particular comprising a layered double hydroxide, where the anion-binding layer comprises anion-forming organic, inorganic and/or organometallic colorants; and a process for the preparation of said pigment and to the use thereof in cosmetics, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity cards, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Date of Patent:
September 21, 2010
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
Abstract: A powdery white vulcanization promoter composition which is excellent in storage stability, the resistance of blends thereof with rubbers or the like to heat build-up, and design; and rubber compositions containing the same. Specifically, a vulcanization promoter composition which comprises a modified calcium carbonate (A) surface-treated with a fatty acid or a resin acid and a silicic acid, an inorganic filler (B) exhibiting an oil absorption of as high as 50 to 300 ml/100 g, and a vulcanization promoter component (C) liquid at ordinary temperatures, characterized in that the (A):(B) mixing ratio is within the range of 30:70 to 95:5 and the content of (C) is 30 to 80 wt % based on the whole of the promoter composition.
Abstract: The present invention is to provide hollow particles with a low degree of agglomeration and having a high roundness, and a process for producing them. Hollow particles comprising a silicon compound, having an average particle size of from 5 to 65 nm and an average roundness of at least 0.90, and having a shell comprising the silicon compound and having a thickness of from 1 to 20 nm. Further, a method for producing hollow particles, which comprises adding sulfuric acid to a liquid containing spherical organic polymer-silicon compound composite particles having a core comprising an organic polymer and a shell comprising a silicon compound in a medium containing at least 95 mass % of water, followed by heating to carbonize the organic polymer thereby to convert it to a carbide, and subjecting the carbide to decomposition using a liquid oxidizing agent other than sulfuric acid.
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of an aqueous composition comprising polysilicate coated mineral particles, wherein the process comprises subjecting an aqueous composition comprising gelled polysilicate and a mineral to shear of at least 5000 rpm for at least 30 seconds. The present invention also provides polysilicate coated mineral particles obtainable by this process as well as paper filled with these particles.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing (pearlescent) pigments, comprising the steps of: (1) coating of a sheet silicate with a desired metal oxide, wherein coated flakes are obtained, (2) delamination of the coated flakes obtained in step (1), wherein exfoliated coated flakes and exfoliated non-coated flakes are obtained, (3) separation of the exfoliated coated flakes from the exfoliated non-coated flakes, (4) coating the exfoliated coated flakes obtained in step (3) with metals, metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal nitrides or mixtures thereof, wherein a (pearlescent) pigment is obtained; to (pearlescent) pigments, obtainable by the process and to the use of the (pearlescent) pigments in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings, printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 23, 2008
Publication date:
August 5, 2010
Applicant:
CIBA CORPORATION
Inventors:
Patrice Bujard, Redina Kote, Philippe Bugnon
Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a method for the removal of alkaline or acidic compounds from a solvent-containing metal oxide dispersion, having the following steps: a. conversion of the solvent into gas phase; b. condensation of the solvent; c. bringing the condensed solvent into contact with a neutralizing agent; d. Return of the condensed solvent into the metal oxide dispersion.
Abstract: The present invention relates to pigment granules which contain inorganic filter aids and a process for the production thereof and their use for colouring lime- and/or cement-bound building materials, asphalt, paints, finishes, paper or plastics.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2009
Publication date:
June 24, 2010
Applicant:
LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Inventors:
Holger Friedrich, Herbert Kunstmann, Krzysztof Chlopek, Jüergen Kischkewitz
Abstract: The invention concerns a conditioned composition comprising at least a liquid absorbed on a support containing a precipitated silica, said silica being in the form of substantially spherical beads and having: a mean pellet size greater than 150 ?m; a filling density in compact state(DRT) greater than 0.29; an oversize rate for a grid with mesh aperture size of 75 ?m of at least 92% by weight. The invention also concerns the use of such a silica as a support for liquid.
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flux calcined diatomite composition having a cristobalite content of less than about 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the flux calcined composition and a whiteness of greater than about 90. Also disclosed herein is a process for producing flux calcined diatomite compositions comprising calcining a feed composition comprising diatomite having an iron content of at least about 0.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the feed composition in the presence of at least one flux comprising at least one alkali metal.
Abstract: A bonding material for a honeycomb structure comprises inorganic particles in which D90/D10 is from 10 to 500, D10 is 100 ?m or less and D90 is 4 ?m or more, and the D10 and D90 are the values of 10% diameter and 90% diameter from a smaller particle diameter side, respectively, in volume-based integrated fractions of a particle diameter distribution measurement by a laser diffraction/scattering method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2010
Publication date:
May 13, 2010
Applicant:
NGK Insulators, Ltd.
Inventors:
Atsushi Watanabe, Suguru Kodama, Shuichi Ichikawa, Fumiharu Sato
Abstract: Coatings including pigments comprising substrate particles with ultrafine metal oxide particles deposited on the surfaces thereof and made by a plasma process are disclosed. The substrate particles may comprise an oxide such as SiO2, Al2O3, Bi2O3 and the like. The ultrafine metal oxide particles may be partially oxidized such as Cu2O, Ti3O4 and the like. The pigments may be used in coating compositions in which the substrate particles substantially match the refractive index of the coating composition base, and the ultrafine metal oxide particles provide the desired reflectance characteristics for the coating.
Abstract: There is provided a coating material for a honeycomb structure, the coating material including inorganic particles or organic particles having D90/D10 of 5 to 50 with D10 of 50 ?m or less and D90 of 4 ?m or more (wherein D10 and D90 are values of 10% diameter and 90% diameter, respectively, in volume-based integrated fraction of a particle diameter distribution measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method from the smaller particle diameter side).
Abstract: Dispersion comprising water and mixed potassium silicon oxide powder, where—the mixed oxide powder is in the form of aggregates of primary particles, has a BET surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g, has an average aggregate diameter in the dispersion of less than 100 nm, and possesses a potassium fraction of 0.05% to 1.5% by weight, calculated as K2O and based on the mixed oxide powder, and—the dispersion has a fraction of mixed oxide powder in the dispersion of 25% to 40% by weight, the sum of water and mixed oxide powder is at least 98% by weight and the pH is 9 to 11.5.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 28, 2007
Publication date:
May 6, 2010
Applicant:
EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
Inventors:
Wolfgang Lortz, Gabriele Perlet, Werner Will, Kai Schumacher
Abstract: Disclosed are methods for making ultrafine silica particles in a plasma system, apparatus for making ultrafine silica particles, and coating compositions comprising ultrafine silica particles made by such methods and/or apparatus.
Abstract: There is provided a method for producing an elongated-shaped silica sol comprising the following steps: (a) adding an aqueous solution containing a water soluble Ca salt and/or Mg salt to an aqueous colloidal solution of active silicic acid with an SiO2 concentration of 1 to 6% by mass and a pH of 2 to 5 in a mass ratio of CaO and/or MgO to SiO2 in the active silicic acid of 1500 to 15,000 ppm, and mixing; (b) adding alkali metal hydroxide, a water soluble organic base, or water soluble silicate thereof to an aqueous solution obtained through (a) in a determined molar ratio to SiO2, and mixing; (c) heating a mixture obtained through (b) at 85 to 200° C. for 0.5 to 20 hours so as to obtain a colloidal solution; (d) removing, from the colloidal solution obtained through (c), part of water and at least part of anions derived from the aqueous solution containing the water soluble Ca salt and/or Mg salt; and (e) heating a colloidal solution obtained through (d) at a temperature of 80 to 195° C.
Abstract: The present invention provides a glass flake having sufficiently high visible-light absorptivity. The glass flake of the present invention includes a glass composition that contains a transition metal oxide such as an iron oxide and that allows the glass flake to have a visible-light transmittance of 85% or lower measured with an A light source when the glass flake has a thickness of 15 ?m. In this glass composition, it is preferable that the content of Fe2O3 (T?Fe2O3) in terms of the total iron satisfies the following formula, expressed in mass %: 10<T?Fe2O3?50.
Abstract: Use of pyrogenic metal oxide for the manufacture of a selfcompacting composition comprising hydraulic binders and having high early strength, the composition comprising at least one hydraulic binder and water as further constituents and the product of the BET surface area, in m2/g, of the pyrogenic metal oxide and the proportion by weight of the pyrogenic metal oxide based on the hydraulic binder being 20 to 200 m2/100 g of hydraulic binder.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2007
Publication date:
December 10, 2009
Applicant:
Evonik Degussa Gmbh
Inventors:
Christoph Tontrup, Reinhard Trettin, Michael Geyer
Abstract: An aggregate for making a molded article and a method of making the aggregate is disclosed. The aggregate consists of an acrylate based resin matrix and anti abrasive particles chiefly quartz particles having a size of between 0.1 mm and 1.2 mm, at least 30 percent of the anti abrasive particles being broken particles having irregular shape with sharp edges silanized and non-silanized. The aggregate includes fine powders, cross linking agent and Peroxides. The molded article made from the aggregate has anti-abrasive properties and “look and feel” of natural material.
Abstract: An external additive for a toner for electrophotography which contains oxide fine particles which contain silicon, in which the oxide fine particles have a primary particle diameter of 30 nm to 300 nm in number average, a standard deviation ? of a particle size distribution of the primary particle diameter satisfies a relation of: R/4???R, in which the R expresses the primary particle diameter, the oxide fine particles are substantially spherical having a circularity SF1 defined as equation (1) of 100 to 130 and a circularity SF2 defined as equation (2) of 100 to 125; SF1=(L2/A)×(?/4)×100??equation (1) SF2=(P2/A)×(1/4?)×100??equation (2), in the equations, “L” expresses the absolute maximum length of the oxide fine particles; “A” expresses a projected area of the oxide fine particles; and “P” expresses a maximum perimeter of the oxide fine particles.
Abstract: An ultra-fine powder formed from a naturally occurring mineral or rock material and having a controlled or “engineered” particle size distribution (PSD) to match the infrared spectra with a maximum particle size in the range of 14-17 microns measured as either D99, or preferably D95, and a minimum particle size D5 in the range of 4-7 microns. Preferably the maximum particle size is about 15 microns, the minimum particle size is about 5 microns and the D50 particle size is about 8-10 microns with the moisture content of the particle size “engineered” powder being less than about 0.20 percent by weight and preferably about 0.05 to 0.08 percent by weight of the powder. This specially “engineered” ultra-fine powder is used to reduce the thermicity of thermal film to a value less than about 20%.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2008
Publication date:
October 22, 2009
Inventors:
David D. Kragten, Christy Karr, JR., Scott VanRemortel, Robert Ratcliff, Ibezim Anazia, Louis M. Schlesinger
Abstract: The invention relates to a pearlescent pigment comprising a metal oxide-containing, platelet-shaped substrate and having a first and a second protective layer, wherein the metal oxide has a refractive index greater than 1.
Abstract: The invention concerns a new synthetic mineral matter containing carbonate, the decomposition of which reduces the rate of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission. It also concerns its manufacture in batches, or in a batch-continuous manner, or in a continuous manner, together with its uses in the pharmaceutical field, the field of human or animal foodstuffs, or again the papermaking field with, notably, manufacture of paper, filler or coating, or again every other paper surface treatment, together with the fields of water-based or non-water-based paints, together with the field of plastics, such as that of breathable polyethylene films, or again the field of printing inks.