Reactant Contains Nitrogen Patents (Class 252/182.34)
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Patent number: 11858867Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of dental material treatment, and particularly to a dental zirconia treatment technology. The specific technical solution is as follows: a zirconia treatment method, mainly involving color masking the zirconia, surface roughening the zirconia, coloring the zirconia, surface protection treatment and additional protective film treatment. Based on this treatment method, a brand-new color masking liquid, coloring liquid and adhesive solution are proposed. The present zirconia treatment technology not only meets the individualized requirements of patients for teeth, but also meets the requirements of dentists for convenient operation, so that it is of great value in application and popularization on the market.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Chengdu Besmile Medical Technology Corp. Ltd.Inventors: Xinzhang Yan, Jiao Li, Qin Ma, Moushan Liu, Dan Wu, Shuai Liu
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Patent number: 9023145Abstract: Slurry composition comprising amorphous aluminum phosphate, polyphosphate orthophosphate, metaphosphate and/or combination thereof and a dispersant are described. In certain embodiments, the polyphosphate orthophosphate and/or metaphosphate concentration is about 40 to about 70 weight % and the dispersant concentration is less than about 3.5 weight % based on the total weight of the slurry. In one embodiment, the composition is useful in paints, varnishes, printing inks, papers and plastics. The compositions can be used as a substitute for titanium dioxide in various applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Bunge Amorphic Solutions LLCInventors: Fernando Galembeck, Cesar Augusto Sales Barbosa, Melissa Braga
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Patent number: 8999277Abstract: A Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) that includes urea, demineralized water and between 5 and 300 ppm formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propianaldehyde, or butyraldehyde, and this formulation of DEF include less than 0.6 ppm of phosphates, calcium, iron, aluminum, magnesium, sodium, and potassium, the formulation also includes less than 0.3 ppm copper, zinc, chromium, and nickel. This formulation of DEF reduces the accumulation of urea deposit in the diesel exhaust system relative to other formulation of specification grade DEF that include less formaldehyde.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ponnaiyan Ayyappan, Danan Dou, Thomas Miller Harris
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Publication number: 20150082944Abstract: The invention relates to granules composed of agglomerated reactive bulk material and a binder matrix, the binder matrix comprising as binder an organic or inorganic salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Wolfgang Rückert
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Publication number: 20150060720Abstract: A process is provided for forming a rapid-hardening inorganic foam, based on the reaction of the following two components: (a) a solid component in the form of a reactive powder having at the same time structure-building and pore-forming properties, and (b) a liquid component in the form of an alkali metal silicate (water glass). The reactive powder contains the essential constituents: 45-65% by weight aluminum oxide, 10-20% by weight aluminum nitride, and 5-15% by weight metallic aluminum. The alkali metal silicate has a molar ratio of silicon oxide to metal oxide of 1.0 to 2.2. The two components are mixed in a weight ratio of powder to liquid component of 0.5 to 2 to give a paste from which a foamed body having a bulk density of less than 0.7 g/cm3 is then formed in an exothermal reaction within less than 10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: CAST ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIESInventors: Reinhard Feige, Waheed Ahmed, Muhammad Kashif Nazir
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Patent number: 8961818Abstract: A Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) that includes urea, demineralized water and between 5 and 300 ppm formaldehyde, this formulation of DEF include less than 0.6 ppm of phosphates, calcium, iron, aluminum, magnesium, sodium, and potassium, the formulation also includes less than 0.3 ppm copper, zinc, chromium, and nickel. This formulation of DEF reduces the accumulation of urea deposit in the diesel exhaust system relative to other formulation of specification grade DEF that include less formaldehyde.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ponnaiyan Ayyappan, Danan Dou, Thomas Miller Harris
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Patent number: 8961819Abstract: Disclosed herein provide compositions and hydrogen release methods for a high-capacity complex hydrogen storage material. The hydrogen storage material is mainly composed of metal borohydride and NH3. The invention advantageously adopt ammonia, one cheap and easily supplied material with high hydrogen content (17.6 wt %), as one of the hydrogen source, offering a safe and efficient way to store hydrogen and release hydrogen. Furthermore, the hydrogen storage material can be further catalyzed by a transition metal catalyst to improve the dehydrogenation kinetics. With the addition of catalyst, 0.2-10 equiv. H2 could be evolved at ?100˜600° C., which might be applied on vehicles which are fueled by hybrid or fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Ping Chen, Xueli Zheng, Hailiang Chu, Zhitao Xiong, Guotao Wu
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Patent number: 8926999Abstract: This invention pertains to method for imparting a durable antimicrobial activity to substrates, particularly textiles. An acetate-free metal and peroxide antimicrobial treatment formulation is prepared from a metal derivative, hydrogen peroxide and a source of hydroxide ion. The substrate is treated with the composition and dried to afford the treated substrate with antimicrobial activity. Zinc salts, ions, or complexes are preferred.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Quick-Med Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William Toreki, Albina Mikhaylova, Susan Leander, Bernd Liesenfeld, Gerald M. Olderman
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Patent number: 8765008Abstract: Provided is a hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamine composition, and a method for preparing the composition at low cost. Further disclosed is a method for producing a polyurethane resin by using the hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamine composition containing at least two hydroxyalkylated polyalkylene polyamines as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Tosoh CorporationInventors: Takahiro Masuda, Yutaka Tamano
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Patent number: 8765009Abstract: A process for preparing nitric acid by: catalytically oxidizing ammonia, to obtain a gas mixture containing NO and O2; cooling and condensing the gas mixture, thereby further oxidizing NO with O2, to obtain a gas stream containing NO2/N2O4 and an aqueous solution containing nitric acid; and countercurrently absorbing the NO2/N2O4 from the gas stream in an absorber with process water (H2O), to obtain nitric acid and an NOx-containing absorber offgas, wherein the water content of the nitric acid is regulated to a concentration in the range from 50 to 77.8% by weight and the NOx content of the absorber offgas to a concentration in the range from 20 to 500 ppm, by continuously measuring the water content of the process air supplied to the catalytic gas phase oxidation and, as a function of this, adjusting the amount of process water (Q-H2O) fed to the absorber.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Jan-Martin Loening, Stephanie Mollner, Joerg Torsten Nickel
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Patent number: 8715599Abstract: Methods and systems for reducing mercury emissions from fluid streams are provided herein. In embodiments, mercury is removed from flue gas streams by injecting a dry admixture of a porous mercury adsorptive material and at least one halide containing agent into the flue gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Calgon Carbon CorporationInventors: Nicholas R. Pollack, Richard A. Hayden
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Publication number: 20140070137Abstract: A method for completely reducing an inorganic halide to obtain a non-halogen inorganic substance and/or hydride thereof and preferably anhydrous hydrogen halide fluid using inorganic halide substances, such as sulfur hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride, tungsten hexafluoride, uranium hexafluoride and others by reduction with a reducing agent at a proper temperature. The reducing agents may be molecular hydrogen, inorganic hydrides and inorganic metallic elements; molecular hydrogen is preferable, but in certain instances the inorganic hydrides are used, as well as inorganic metallic elements such as calcium and magnesium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Midwest Inorganics LLCInventor: GREGORIO TARANCON III
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Publication number: 20130266878Abstract: A multiphase hydrogen storage material comprises a lithium compound and a lithium conductor. The hydrogen storage material is capable of undergoing hydrogenation and dehydrogenation cycles during which the rate of lithium transport is enhanced by the presence of the lithium conductor. A solid state hydrogen storage device and a process of storing and supplying hydrogen are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: John J. Vajo, Ping Liu
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Patent number: 8518354Abstract: A mixture of urea, water and ammonium carbamate is formulated for use in the catalytic reduction of oxides of nitrogen in diesel exhaust. The mixtures may be formulated to optimize the amount of reductant in the mixture and the freezing point of the formulation. These formulations are especially useful in combination with Selective Catalytic Reduction systems and are well suited for use on heavy-duty trucks and heavy duty equipment used off-road. Some of these formations include between about 15.0 wt. % to about 40.0 wt. % urea; between about 15.0 wt. % to about 40.0 wt. % ammonium carbamate; and between about 40.0 wt. % to about 60.0 wt. % water. The formulation may be monitored for ammonia content and/or freezing point and the composition of the formulation may be adjusted to optimize the freezing point and ammonia content.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ponnayan Ayyappan, Tom Harris, Danan Dou
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Publication number: 20130209354Abstract: A method of forming a material for reversible hydrogen storage within a storage tank includes charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank, and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition within the storage tank to form a thermally conducting composite material situated in the storage tank and for reversibly storing hydrogen. The composite material includes a three-dimensional and interconnected framework including a conductive metal. A method for reversibly storing hydrogen includes providing a storage tank and in situ chemically forming a composite material by charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition to form a thermally conducting composite material including a metal hydride and a substantially unreactive elemental metal framework. Hydrogen is absorbed into the composite material and is desorbed from the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.Inventor: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.
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Patent number: 8475666Abstract: A toughening agent composition for increasing the hydrophobicity of an organosilicate glass dielectric film when applied to said film. It includes a component capable of alkylating or arylating silanol moieties of the organosilicate glass dielectric film via silylation, and an activating agent selected from the group consisting of an amine, an onium compound and an alkali metal hydroxide.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Teresa A. Ramos, Robert R. Roth, Anil S. Bhanap, Paul G. Apen, Denis H. Endisch, Brian J. Daniels, Ananth Naman, Nancy Iwamoto, Roger Y. Leung
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Patent number: 8454855Abstract: Described herein are hydrogen storage materials having desirable characteristics for a variety of applications, such as automobile applications. In one embodiment, a hydrogen storage material includes: (1) a mixed imide having a formula LiiMgjNkHl; and (2) a set of additives; wherein each of i, k, and l is in the range of 1.7 to 2.3, and j is in the range of 0.7 to 1.3; and wherein the hydrogen storage material is configured to absorb at least 3.1 wt. % of H2 within 30 minutes of exposure to H2 gas at a temperature in the range of 100° C. to 140° C. and a pressure in the range of 45 bar to 50 bar.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark S. Bailey, Steven S. Kaye, Bin Li
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Publication number: 20130062753Abstract: A carbon-rich carbon boron nitride dielectric film having a dielectric constant of equal to, or less than 3.6 is provided that can be used as a component in various electronic devices. The carbon-rich carbon boron nitride dielectric film has a formula of CxByNz wherein x is 35 atomic percent or greater, y is from 6 atomic percent to 32 atomic percent and z is from 8 atomic percent to 33 atomic percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Son Van Nguyen, Alfred Grill, Thomas J. Haigh, JR., Sanjay Mehta
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Publication number: 20130015398Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing modified micronized particles, comprising the steps of carrying out co-precipitation in an aqueous solution at a temperature between the freezing point and the boiling point of the reaction mother liquid to produce a mixed precipitate of micronized particles or precursors thereof and an inorganic precipitate. The method effectively solves the conflict between micronization and surface modification of particles, and resolves the problem that it is difficult to separate micronized particles from the reaction mother liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: JINNENG SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ying Zhang, Gang Liu
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Publication number: 20130011491Abstract: This invention pertains to method for imparting a durable antimicrobial activity to substrates, particularly textiles. An acetate-free metal and peroxide antimicrobial treatment formulation is prepared by adjusting the pH of a mixture of a metal salt in aqueous hydrogen peroxide to about 7.5. The substrate is treated with the composition and dried to afford the treated substrate with antimicrobial activity. Zinc salts, ions, or complexes are preferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: QUICK-MED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: William Toreki, Albina Mikhaylova, Susan Leander, Bernd Liesenfeld, Gerald M. Olderman
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Patent number: 8287616Abstract: A composition for cyanide leaching which comprises at least one nonionic surfactant and a process for extracting metals using the abovementioned composition are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Peter Seelmann-Eggebert, Guenter Oetter, Arturo Berastain, Cesar Ostos Rios
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Publication number: 20120164056Abstract: The disclosure provides processes and systems for sterilizing an object using a sterilant gas. In some embodiments, the sterilant gas is produced by the thermal decomposition of a salt. Compositions to generate sterilant gasses are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Louis C. Haddad, William E. Foltz, Greggory S. Bennett, Robert A. Asmus
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Publication number: 20110315920Abstract: A method to introduce ceramic particles into the liquid metal from the polymeric precursor route by in-situ process by cross-linking organic precursor into a hard polymer, this powder is crushed, and then added to the liquid melt for in-situ pyrolysis of the organic into the ceramic phase. The starting material, the organic, for the above process can be in the form of a liquid or a solid. If it is a solid it us usually dissolved into a solvent to create a liquid form. The organic is then cross linked either directly by a thermal process, by adding a catalyst, or by the well known sol-gel process into a hard polymer. It is this hard polymer which is then pyrolyzed into the high temperature ceramic material by the process outlined above.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2008Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCEInventors: Rishi Raj, M. K. Surappa, Sudarshan
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Publication number: 20110315914Abstract: A nanocomposite with high dielectric constant includes both ferroelectric with non-ferroelectric fillers. This may improve, not only the dielectric constant of the nanocomposite but also provide additional thermal, electrical, optical, mechanical, or chemical properties to the nanocomposite for specific applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: ZHIYUN CHEN, JUN XU, BRIAN L. WEHRENBERG, ZEHRA SERPIL GONEN-WILLIAMS, GREGORY D. COOPER
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Patent number: 8076518Abstract: This invention provides chain extender compositions. These compositions comprise (i) an aliphatic secondary diamine, and (ii) a component selected from the group consisting of: (a) a cycloaliphatic primary diamine; (b) an aliphatic secondary diamine; (c) an aliphatic secondary diamine and an aliphatic primary diamine; (d) an aliphatic diimine; and (e) a combination of any two or more of (a) through (d), with the proviso that when (ii) is (a), (i) is a noncyclic aliphatic secondary diamine. Processes for producing polyurethanes, polyureas, and polyurea-urethanes are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Albemarle CorporationInventors: Paul L. Wiggins, John Y. Lee, Judit Orgad, David W. Owens
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Patent number: 8066904Abstract: Inhalation of low levels of nitric oxide can rapidly and safely decrease pulmonary hypertension in mammals. Precise delivery of nitric oxide at therapeutic levels of 20 to 100 ppm and inhibition of reaction of nitric oxide with oxygen to form toxic impurities such as nitrogen dioxide can provide effective inhalation therapy for pulmonary hypertension.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Geno LLCInventors: David H. Fine, Stephen J. MacDonald, David Rounbehler, David Wheeler, Jonathan L. Rolfe, George Jarvis
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Patent number: 8043526Abstract: This invention relates to a crosslinking composition comprising an organic acid and a compound having the structure of Formula I: A?-NRA—RD wherein A?, RA, and RD are defined in the specification. This invention also relates to a process for producing the crosslinking composition by reacting an amino compound containing amino groups; a mono(alkylaldehyde) and/or a poly(alkylaldehyde), and an alcohol; and adding an organic compound where said amino compound is selected from the group consisting of triazine, linear or cyclic ureas, cyanuric acid, substituted cyanuric acids, linear or cyclic amides, glycolurils, hydantoins, linear or cyclic carbamates and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Lon-Tang Wilson Lin, William Jacobs, III
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Publication number: 20110163264Abstract: Provided are methods of converting carbon dioxide to carbon nitrides. In a first reaction, carbon dioxide may be reacted with metal nitrides, such as Li3N, to form carbon nitrides in a fast and exothermic reaction. Also provided are methods of using product metal cyanamides from the first reaction to subsequently generate additional carbon nitrides.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventor: Yun Hang Hu
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Publication number: 20110124779Abstract: Provided herein are nucleating agent compositions for use in nucleating polymers during processing. Methods for making and using the nucleating agent compositions are also provided. The nucleating agent in dry powder form is wet millled in a liquid carrier, such as a plasticizer, surfactant, or lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: METABOLIX, INC.Inventors: Robert S. Whitehouse, Allen R. Padwa
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Patent number: 7947241Abstract: The present application relates to the use of a solution for the treatment of exhaust gases at the outlet of on-board or stationary diesel engines. It also relates to its use in any device for the treatment of these exhaust gases, regardless of whether the engines are engines of heavy goods vehicles or engines for light vehicles or also engines for stationary industrial engine applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Total Raffinage MarketingInventors: Pierre Schmelzle, Leire Oro-Urrea, Stéphanie Escoffier, Françoise Douce
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Publication number: 20110108021Abstract: A composition and process for treating sugar solutions that includes one or more sources of ammonium that obtain a pH in water solution above pH 7.0, such as ammonium bicarbonate (NH4HCO3), ammonium phosphate dibasic (NH4)2HPO4, and ammonium sulfite (NH4)2SO3. The composition can also include a particulate sulfur reagent, an amorphous silica, a particulate aluminum reagent, a particulate phosphorous reagent, a particulate filter aid selected from diatomaceous earth and perlite, a particulate activated carbon, a particulate bleaching earth, a polymer decolorant, or combinations thereof. The individual materials can be pre-mixed before addition to the sugar solution, added individually to the sugar solution, or added as a combination of one or more singular ingredients and one or more pre-mixed ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Carbo-UA LimitedInventors: James Bushong, Emmanuel M. Sarir
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Publication number: 20100320417Abstract: Methods for preparing nanocomposites with thermal properties modified by powder size below 100 nanometers. Both low-loaded and highly-loaded nanocomposites are included. Nanoscale coated, un-coated, whisker type fillers are taught. Thermal nanocomposite layers may be prepared on substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Tapesh Yadav, Clayton Kostelecky, Evan Franke, Bijan Miremadi, Ming Au, Anthony Vigliotti
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Publication number: 20100221683Abstract: The invention relates to a colouring solution for colouring a dental ceramic article, the solution comprising: a solvent and a colouring agent, comprising rare earth element metals or ions being present in the solution in an amount of at least about 0.05 mol/l solvent and transition metals or ions being present in the solution in an amount of about 0.00001 to about 0.05 mol/l solvent. The invention also relates to a process for colouring dental ceramic articles, dental ceramic articles treated either with the colouring solution or obtainable by a process comprising the step of firing the dental ceramic articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Ruediger Franke, Gallus Schechner, Holger Hauptmann, Robert Schnagl
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Publication number: 20100181530Abstract: What is proposed is a process for preparing nitric acid with a concentration in the range from 50 to 77.8% by weight by catalytic gas phase oxidation of ammonia (1) with a superstoichiometric proportion of process air (2) to obtain a gas mixture (3) comprising NO and O2, cooling/condensation of the gas mixture (3) comprising NO and O2, in the course of which NO is oxidized further by O2 to NO2/N2O4 to obtain an aqueous solution (4) comprising nitric acid and a gas stream (5) comprising NO2/N2O4 and countercurrent absorption of the NO2/N2O4 from the gas stream (5) comprising NO2/N2O4 in process water (H2O) in an absorber (A) to obtain the nitric acid (7) with a concentration in the range from 50 to 77.8% by weight and an NOx comprising absorber offgas (6), wherein the water content of the nitric acid (7) is regulated to a concentration in the range from 50 to 77.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Jan-Martin Loening, Stephanie Mollner, Joerg Torsten Nickel
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Publication number: 20100135887Abstract: This invention is intended to modify, detoxify, or effectively use, as cordierite, a silicate-containing fibrous material. A silicate-containing fibrous material is modified into a low-expansion and heat-resistant cordierite compound by treating a silicate-containing fibrous material with a modifier for a silicate-containing fibrous material comprising an aqueous alkaline solution mainly composed of alkali silicate comprising an ammonium ion, a halide ion, a boron ion, and an aluminum ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventor: Toshinori Morizane
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Publication number: 20100113859Abstract: A method of asbestos detoxification in which an asbestos-containing waste material in any form is made harmless while preventing asbestos particles or dust from flying or scattering. The asbestos content can be easily reduced in a short time to 0.1 wt. % or lower, which is prescribed by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. The waste can be perfectly made harmless. Also provided is an aqueous solution for asbestos detoxification which is for use in the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Takashi Matsuda, Kensuke Kanai
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Publication number: 20090311171Abstract: As a promising clean fuel for vehicles, hydrogen can be used for propulsion, either directly or in fuel cells. Hydrogen storage compositions having high storage capacity, good dehydrogenation kinetics, and hydrogen release and uptake reactions which are reversible are disclosed and described. Generally a hydrogen storage composition of a metal aluminum hexahydride and a metal amide can be used. A combined system (Li3AlH6/3LiNH2) with a very high inherent hydrogen capacity (7.3 wt %) can be carried out at moderate temperatures, and with approximately 95% of that inherent hydrogen storage capacity (7.0%) is reversible over repeated cycling of release and uptake.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: University of Utah Research FoundationInventors: Jun Lu, Zhigang Zak Fang, Hong Yong Sohn
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Patent number: 7632425Abstract: A composition includes a metal precursor. The metal precursor may include an inorganic ligand and a metal cation. The inorganic ligand may include a carbamate group. An associated method is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Davide Louis Simone, Thomas Martin Angeliu, Jian Zhang, Christopher Michael Carter, David Alexander Gibson, III, Larry Neil Lewis
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Publication number: 20090302030Abstract: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation comprising single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also, heat-generating objects comprising the composite material, and a method of generating heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Advanced Composite Materials CorporationInventors: Thomas E. QUANTRILLE, William M. Rogers
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Publication number: 20090230353Abstract: A fiber aggregate contains fine carbon fibers and fine boron nitride fibers. Desirably the boron nitride fibers form an outer layer portion of the fiber aggregate and the fine carbon fibers form a core portion of the fiber aggregate. Desirably the fine carbon fibers and the fine boron nitride fibers are twisted with each other. Desirably the fine carbon fibers are carbon nanotubes and the fine boron nitride fibers are boron nitride nanotubes. Desirably the fiber aggregate further contains boron-containing fine carbon fibers. The fine boron nitride fibers are formed by substituting carbon atoms of fine carbon fibers by boron atoms and nitrogen atoms. The fiber aggregate is fabricated by mixing a fiber aggregate that contains fine carbon fibers with boron and heating the fiber aggregate mixed with the boron in a nitrogen atmosphere to transform some of the fine carbon fibers into fine boron nitride fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro SHIMAZU, Yoshinobu SUZUKI, Hisayoshi OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20090217841Abstract: Slurry composition comprising amorphous aluminum phosphate, polyphosphate orthophosphate, metaphosphate and/or combination thereof and a dispersant are described. In certain embodiments, the polyphosphate orthophosphate and/or metaphosphate concentration is about 40 to about 70 weight % and the dispersant concentration is less than about 3.5 weight % based on the total weight of the slurry. In one embodiment, the composition is useful in paints, varnishes, printing inks, papers and plastics. The compositions can be used as a substitute for titanium dioxide in various applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Fernando Galembeck, Cesar Augusto Sales Barbosa, Melissa Braga
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Publication number: 20090220735Abstract: A sealing material for a honeycomb structure includes inorganic fibers, oxide sol, and inorganic particles. The inorganic fibers include at least one of an alkali metal compound, an alkaline earth metal compound and a boron compound. The sealing material has a pH of at least about 4 and at most about 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki MIZUNO, Akikazu Miyata, Yosuke Fuchi
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Publication number: 20090215607Abstract: A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at least one multivalent metal oxide and, optionally, an oxidizer. A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm3 is also provided. Methods of reducing the seed concentration of a silicate glass, and a method of making a silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm3 are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez
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Publication number: 20090200512Abstract: Carbides and nitrides are provided containing a controlled amount of pre-determined diluents and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The pre-determined diluents include at least one of the silica, silicon metal, carbon, alumina, boron oxide, alkaline earth oxides such as calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, alkali oxides such as sodium oxide, potassium oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide, and other components typically present in glass, ceramics, or metals. The carbides and nitrides with pre-determined diluents are formed by optionally pyrolyzing a precursor material to form a carboneous mixture and heat treating the carboneous mixture for a pre-determined time and at an elevated temperature during which carbon and/or nitrogen reacts with silica in the mixture to form carbides and/or nitrides and controlled amounts of pre-determined diluents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Giang BISCAN, Hamid HOJAJI, David Leslie MELMETH, Thinh PHAM, Mark G. STEVENS, Huagang ZHANG
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Publication number: 20090194797Abstract: It is made possible to provide an insulating film that can reduce the leakage current. An insulating film includes: an amorphous oxide dielectric film containing a metal, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The nitrogen amount [N] and the hydrogen amount [H] in the oxide dielectric film satisfy the following relationship: {[N]?[H]}/2?1.0×1021 cm?3.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Masato KOYAMA
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Publication number: 20090189117Abstract: A method of producing anhydrous calcium nitrate, anhydrous magnesium nitrate or mixture thereof involves removing water from a solution of calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or mixture thereof in a pulse combustion drier. The invention also provides a mixture of anhydrous calcium nitrate, anhydrous magnesium nitrate and the individual anhydrous nitrate salts in a sealed container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2006Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicants: JOHN ARTHUR BEWSEY, ALASTAIR JAMES FORSYTHInventor: John Arthur Bewsey
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Publication number: 20090176118Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum salt solution includes manufacturing an aluminum salt solution by using, as a raw material, an aluminum hydroxide having T-C (total carbon amount) of 0.04 mass % or less and T-Na2O (total Na2O amount) of less than 0.3 mass %, which is obtained by a Bayer process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2005Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventor: Isao Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20090127506Abstract: The invention relates to a single crystal CVD diamond material, wherein the extended defect density as characterised by X-ray topography is less than 400/cm2 over an area of greater than 0.014 cm2. The invention further relates to a method for producing a CVD single crystal diamond material according to any preceding claim comprising the step of selecting a substrate on which to grow the CVD single crystal diamond, wherein the substrate has at least one of a density of extended defects as characterised by X-ray topography of less than 400/cm2 over an area greater than 0.014 cm2; an optical isotropy of less than 1×10-5 over a volume greater than 0.1 mm3; and a FWHM X-ray rocking curve width for the (004) reflection of less than 20 arc seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Daniel James Twitchen, Grant Charles Summerton, Ian Friel, John Olaf Hansen, Keith Barry Guy, Michael Peter Gaukroger, Philip Maurice Martineau, Robert Charles Burns, Simon Craig Lawson, Timothy Patrick Gerard Addison
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Publication number: 20090039315Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions comprising water and at least one metal cyanide, at least a part of the water being obtained from wastewater which occurs as depleted wastewater in a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, the process for the preparation of solutions according to the invention and to the use of the solutions according to the invention in a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, to a process for extracting noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process, wherein the solution according to the invention is used, and to the use of depleted wastewater occurring in the extraction of noble metals from noble metal-containing ores by the cyanide process to the preparation of solutions comprising water and at least one metal cyanide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Deckers, Thomas Schneider
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Publication number: 20080286196Abstract: A reversible hydrogen storage composition having an empirical formula of: Li(x+z)NxMgyBzHw where 0.4?x?0.8; 0.2?y?0.6; 0<z?0.4, x+y+z=1 and “w” varies from 0 to 2x+2y+4z. This composition shows greater low temperature reversible hydrogen storage compared to binary systems such as MgH2—LiNH2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Syed A. Faheem, Gregory J. Lewis, J.W. Adriaan Sachtler, John J. Low, David A. Lesch, Paul M. Dosek, Christopher M. Wolverton, Donald J. Siegel, Andrea C. Sudik, Jun Yang