Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for manufacturing compounds based on one or more silicates of alkali metals, such as Na and K and/or alkaline earth metals such as Ca, Mg, and/or on rare earths, such as Ce, optionally in the form of mixed silicates which combine alkaline-earth metals, such as Ca, with the alkali metal(s) and the rare earth(s), by conversion of silica and of halides, especially of one or more chlorides, or sulfate or nitrate, of the said alkali metals and/or of the said rare earths and/or of the said alkaline-earth metals, such as NaCl, KCl or CeCl4. The heat needed for the conversion is supplied, at least partly, by one or more submerged burners. The subject of the invention is also an apparatus for carrying out the process and for its use.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heat-stable ordered mesoporous or mesostructured material comprising a mineral phase wherein are dispersed particles of nanometric dimension at least partly crystaline, the global crystallinity index of said mesostructured or ordered mesoporous material being less than 10% in volume. The invention also concern a method for obtaining such a material.

Abstract: A sol-gel process allowing preparation, on a substrate, of glassy films of silicon oxide or mixed oxides based on silicon oxide, of thickness above 1 micrometer, generally between 2 and 20 micrometers and characterized by absence of defects, that turn out to be particularly suitable as waveguides in flat optical devices.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a microporous material formed by oxygen, silicon, germanium, aluminum, boron, gallium, zirconium and/or titanium in its composition, called TIQ-6, to its catalytic applications in oxidation reactions, and to a method of the TIQ-6 material's preparation based on the synthesis of a gel with a titanium and/or zirconium content, its hydrothermal treatment under controlled conditions, and the treatment of the resulting laminar material with a solution of an organic compound containing a proton accepting group. This swollen material is subjected to a specific treatment to obtain a high external area delaminated solid. A material, METIQ-6, similar to the TIQ-6 material, but also having organic groups anchored on its surface incorporated by a post-synthesis process onto the TIQ-6 material is also claimed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the production of a titanium-containing zeolite whereby a synthesis gel is formed by combining and hydrolysing a hydrolysable silicon compound, a hydrolysable titanium compound and a basic quaternary ammonium compound in an aqueous medium, in quantities such that relative to the starting compounds the molar ratio of Si/Ti is greater than or equal to 30 and that of N/Si is 0.12 to less than 0.20, and the synthesis gel is then crystallised at a temperature of 150 ° C. to 220 ° C. for a period of less than 3 days, and a titanium-containing zeolite obtainable by this method.

Abstract: A method of controllably altering the mineral matter transformation of mineral compositions such as, for example, vermiculitic micas, to achieve metamorphosed mineral compositions having specifically desired monatomic lattice defects is provided. Compositions formed in accordance with the method are also provided that exhibit physical properties desirable in a variety of industrial applications, including, for example, control and/or reduction of NOx, SOx, COx and other gaseous chemical species from industrial effluents, atmospheric control systems, fabrication and use of chemical detectors, and solid state electronic substrates and devices.

Abstract: A composite metal polybasic salt containing a trivalent metal, zinc metal and a divalent metal as metal components and having a novel crystal structure, and a method of preparing the same. The invention further deals with a composite metal polybasic salt which has anion-exchanging property, which by itself is useful as an anion-exchanger, capable of introducing anions suited for the use upon anion-exchange, and finds a wide range of applications, and a method of preparing the same. The composite metal polybasic salt has a particular chemical composition and X-ray diffraction peaks, exhibiting peaks at 2&thgr;=2 to 15°, 2&thgr;=19.5 to 24° and 2&thgr;=33 to 50°, and a single peak at 2&thgr;=60 to 64° in the X-ray diffraction (Cu-&agr;).

Abstract: A pigment with modified properties because of the powder size being below 100 nanometers. Blue, yellow and brown pigments are illustrated. Nanoscale coated, un-coated, whisker inorganic fillers are included. Stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric composition are disclosed. The pigment nanopowders taught comprise one or more elements from the group actinium, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, cobalt, copper, chalcogenide, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, gallium, gold, hafnium, hydrogen, indium, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, oxygen, osmium, palladium, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, promethium, protactinium, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the reduction of the dust generated by silicates, according to the method of the present invention the crushed silicate is surface-coated with a polyorganociloxane also related to a silicate with reduced dust generation and the use of a reduced dust silicate as reinforcing filler in plastic materials.

Abstract: Bimodal inorganic material that in a pore size distribution plot has distinct mesopore and micropore peaks. A process for producing a bimodal material or a material that contains essentially only mesopores involves heating an inorganic oxide in the presence of material that bonds to the inorganic oxide by hydrogen bonding. The micropores may or may not include a crystalline structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an icosahedral, quasicrystalline compound or compound present in the form of an approximant having the nominal composition: TivCrwAlxSiyOz, in which v=60-65; w=25-30; x=0-6; Y=8-15; z=8-20; and in which the atom percent of oxygen is in the range of between 8 and 15%, and that of aluminum in the range of between 2 to 5%. Due to their layered structure and ceramic intermediate layers, compounds of this type exhibit excellent properties, in particular for use as coatings for gas turbine components, such as for example, rotor blades or guide vanes.

Abstract: Novel superhard dielectric compounds useful as gate dielectrics discovered. Low temperature methods for making thin films of the compounds on substrate silicon are provided. The methods comprise the step of contacting a precursor having the formula H3X—O—XH3, wherein X is silicon or carbon with a compound comprising boron or nitrogen in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber or with one or more atomic elements in a molecular beam epitaxial deposition (MBE) chamber. These thin film constructs are useful as components of microelectronic devices, and specifically as gate dielectrics in CMOS devices.

Abstract: Silicon-chromium cathode targets having 5 to 80 weight percent chromium are used to sputter absorbing coatings of silicon-chromium-containing material in atmospheres of inert gas such as argon, reactive gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and mixtures thereof to form metallic films and films of nitrides, oxides, and oxynitrides of metals. Chromium in the cathode target in the range of 5 to 80 weight percent provides target stability and enhanced sputtering rates over targets of silicon alone and are comparable to the target stability and sputtering rates of silicon-nickel targets, Chromium in the target may be replaced in part with nickel, preferably in the range of 5 to 15 weight percent, to produce coatings of silicon-chromium-nickel and the oxides, nitrides and oxynitrides thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex oxide having a BET specific surface area of about 10 to about 200 m2/g, comprising zinc oxide as a primary component, containing crystalline structures of both zinc oxide and silica, and exhibiting diffraction peaks in lattice planes (100), (002), and (101), which are X-ray crystallographically specific to diffraction peaks of crystalline zinc oxide, and in a lattice plane (101) which is X-ray crystallographically specific to the diffraction peak of crystalline silica.

Abstract: A method for the post synthesis modification of molecular sieves with organometallic reagents. The method may be used for large pore molecular sieves and small pore molecular sieves, such as SAPO-34. SAPO-34 is a useful catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates, such as methanol, to olefins. Post synthesis organometallic modification improves catalyst performance and increases light olefin selectivity in the conversion of methanol to olefins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for manufacturing a crystalline layered sodium disilicate and more particularly, to the improved method for manufacturing the crystalline layered sodium disilicate comprising the steps including the preparation of granules in a certain ratio of anhydrous sodium silicate cullet, a starting material, in the presence of some binders such as water and an aqueous solution of sodium silicate, followed by a crystallization step of the granules, thus ensuring that a small amount of final product is recycled to the prior crystallization step in order to prevent the attachment of granules to an inner crystallization device, which occurs due to local sintering in a high-temperature crystallization condition of continual process and also to further enhance the unit productivity during the mass production of crystalline layered sodium disilicate.

Abstract: A process of preparing an inorganic compound is disclosed, comprising the steps of (a) allowing at least an inorganic raw material compounds (A) and an inorganic raw material compound (B) which are different in solubility in water to react with each other in the presence of a reaction solvent with stirring to deposit an inorganic compound (C), while allowing a part of each of the compound (A) and compound (B) to exist as a solid; and

Abstract: This invention deals with the concentration process of zinc silicated minerals, particularly willemite and calamine concentration, by single operations, or conventional steps of ore treatment, some of which include the following: Preparation of stockpiles of different mineralogical and contents compositions, crushing, screening, storage, dense separation, washing, homogenization, magnetic separation, grinding, classification, rubbing, conditioning, flotation, thickening, filtering, calcination, storage and waste deposition.

Abstract: An acidic amorphous silica-alumina having large specific surface area and a large pore volume, a carrier complex and a hydrotreating catalyst containing said acidic amorphous silica-alumina, in particular a hydrocracking catalyst containing said acidic amorphous silica-alumina in combination with a modified zeolite-Y for treating petroleum hydrocarbon materials to produce middle distillates, and processes for the preparation thereof. Said amorphous silica-alumina has a SiO2 content of 10-50 wt %, a specific surface area of 300-600 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.8-1.5 ml/g and an IR acidity of 0.25-0.60 mmol/g. The catalyst according to the present invention shows a relatively high activity and mid-distillate selectivity and can be particularly used in hydrocracking process for producing mid-distillates in a higher yield.

Abstract: The invention is directed to open-framework and microporous solids well suited for use in catalysis and ion exchange. The microporous solids are constructed by using a salt template which can be readily removed without destroying the framework of the micropore. Various microporous solids can be formed having different geometric structures depending upon the templating salt used and the concentration. Examples of two compounds include Na2Cs[Mn3(P2O7)2]Cl and K2.02Cs2.90[Cu3(P2O7)2]Cl2.92. Both compounds have 3-D (Mn,Cu)—P—O frameworks.

Abstract: New bridged layered silicates are disclosed where the bridging groups bridge adjacent silicate layers via oxygen atoms on each silicate layer that are unshared to produce porous three dimensional structures. Methods for making these bridged layered silicates are disclosed as well as methods for using these compositions as catalysts, supports, adsorbents, drying agents and ion exchangers.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new composition of high surface area materials suitable for adsorption of both organic and inorganic species and as a component of catalysts useful for the transformation of hydrocarbons into a variety of products. These materials are composed by mesoporous spherical particles that have large sorption capacity, as demonstrated by the uptake of nitrogen at 78 K having a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 microns, a mean pore diameter of 2.0 nm to 4.0 nm, a surface area of 750 to 1050 m2/g and a mean pore volume of 0.75 to 1.0 ml/g. The typical inner structure is composed of nanotubes having diameters around 3.5 nm aligned along the radius of the spherical particles, with surface areas around 1,000 m2/g, depending on the surfactant (C16H33N(CH3)3 Br) to co-solvent (CnH2n+1OH, where n=2,3, or CH3COCH3) molar ratio.

Abstract: A composite metal polybasic salt containing a trivalent metal and magnesium as metal components and having a novel crystal structure, and a method of preparing the same. The invention further deals with a composite metal polybasic salt which has anion-exchanging property, which by itself is useful as an anion-exchanger, capable of introducing anions suited for the use upon anion-exchange, and finds a wide range of applications, and a method of preparing the same. The composite metal polybasic salt has a particular chemical composition and X-ray diffraction peaks, and further has a degree of orientation (Io) of not smaller than 1.5.

Abstract: The present provides a method for forming a porous metal silicate dielectric layer having a dielectric constant of less than 2.0. The porous metal silicate dielectric formed by embodiments of the present invention is suitable for integration into the microelectric device manufacturing process. By carefully controlling the amount and type of surfactant used, the pore size and structure of the dielectric layer can be predetermined.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery using a negative active material which is characterized by comprising Si and O at the atomic ratio of O to Si, x, being 0<x<2, and by showing a full width at half maximum of Si(220) plane peak, B, being B<3 degree (2 &thgr;) at x-ray diffraction with CuK&agr; radiation shows better cycle performance.

Abstract: A compound comprising a composition Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(XD4)z, Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(DXD4)z, or Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(X2D7)z, and have values such that x, plus y(1-a) times a formal valence or valences of M′, plus ya times a formal valence or valence of M″, is equal to z times a formal valence of the XD4, X2D7, or DXD4 group; or a compound comprising a composition (A1-aM″a)xM′y(XD4)z, (A1-aM″a)xM′y(DXD4)z (A1-aM″a)xM′y(X2D7)z and have values such that (1-a)x plus the quantity ax times the formal valence or valences of M″ plus y times the formal valence or valences of M′ is equal to z times the formal valence of the XD4, X2D7 or DXD4 group.

Abstract: Methods, compositions, and biomimetic catalysts, such as silicateins and block copolypeptides, used to catalyze and spatially direct the polycondensation of silicon alkoxides, metal alkoxides, and their organic conjugates to make silica, polysiloxanes, polymetallo-oxanes, and mixed poly(silicon/metalklo)oxane materials under environmentally benign conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mesoporous zeolitic material having a stereoregular arrangement of uniformly-sized mesopores with diameters ranging from 20 to 500 Å and walls having a microporous nanocrystalline structure. The mesopore walls have a stereoregular arrangement of uniformly-sized micropores with diameters less than 15 Å. The mesoporous zeolite material according to the invention displays both the catalytic properties associated with zeolites containing strong Brönsted acid sites and the large mesopore surface area associated with mesoporous molecular sieves.

Abstract: Pillared trioctahedral micas and/or vermiculites are prepared. The process includes a conditioning operation for the partial reduction of the layer charge through an accelerated weathering process, and also includes a pillaring operation.

Abstract: A mesoporous ceramic material is provided having a pore size diameter in the range of about 10-100 nanometers produced by templating with a ceramic precursor a lyotropic liquid crystalline L3 phase consisting of a three-dimensional, random, nonperiodic network packing of a multiple connected continuous membrane. A preferred process for producing the inesoporous ceramic material includes producing a template of a lyotropic liquid crystalline L3 phase by mixing a surfactant, a co-surfactant and hydrochloric acid, coating the template with an inorganic ceramic precursor by adding to the L3 phase tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) or tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and then converting the coated template to a ceramic by removing any remaining liquids.

Abstract: A process for treating organic compounds includes providing a composition which includes a substantially mesoporous structure of silica containing at least 97% by volume of pores having a pore size ranging from about 15 Å to about 30 Å and having a micropore volume of at least about 0.01 cc/g, wherein the mesoporous structure has incorporated therewith at least about 0.02% by weight of at least one catalytically and/or chemically active heteroatom selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zn, Fe, Sn, Mo, Ga, Ni, Co, In, Zr, Mn, Cu, Mg, Pd, Pt and W, and the catalyst has an X-ray diffraction pattern with one peak at 0.3° to about 3.5° at 2&thgr;.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of crystalline solids comprising at least one element chosen from Groups IIIa, IVa and Va and at least one transition metal, according to which at least one source of oxide of the element from Groups IIIa, IVa and Va and at least one transition metal oxide source, which was dissolved beforehand in an alcohol having a pKa below that of water, are hydrolysed in an aqueous medium comprising a mineralizing agent and the gel thus obtained is crystallized in the presence of a structuring agent.

Abstract: A process for producing an ultrafine mixed-crystal oxide characterized by producing an ultrafine mixed crystal oxide comprising primary particles in a mixed crystal state with a BET specific surface area of 10 to 200 m2/g, comprising the step of subjecting a halogenated metal to high temperature oxidation with an oxidizing gas to produce a metal oxide by a vapor phase production method, wherein said halogenated metal is in the form of a mixed gas (a mixed halogenated metal gas) comprising at least two compounds having a different metal elements selected from the group consisting of chlorides, bromides, and iodides of titanium, silicon, and aluminum, and said mixed halogenated metal gas and said oxidizing gas are independently preheated to 500° C. or more prior to a reaction, a ultrafine mixed crystal oxide obtained by the process, and use of the oxide.

Abstract: A process and a composite for removing toxic cations and anions from blood or dialysate is disclosed. The process involves contacting blood or dialysate with a shaped ion exchange composite to remove ammonium and phosphate ions. The composite is a mixture of an anion exchange composition such as zirconia and a microporous cation exchange composition formed into a shaped article and optionally containing a binder such as hydrous zirconium oxide. The microporous cation exchangers are represented by the following empirical formula.

Abstract: A method for preparing thermally stable, silicon-containing titanium dioxide, said method comprising the reaction of titanium hydroxide or titanium dioxide with a silica sol, under conditions which prevent the coagulation of silica particles in said sol, to obtain silicon-containing titanium hydroxide or silicon-containing titanium dioxide, and in the case of silicon-containing titanium hydroxide, heat treating the same to obtain silicon-containing titanium dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the production of a titanium-containing zeolite whereby a synthesis gel is formed by combining and hydrolysing a hydrolysable silicon compound, a hydrolysable titanium compound and a basic quaternary ammonium compound in an aqueous medium, in quantities such that relative to the starting compounds the molar ratio of Si/Ti is greater than or equal to 30 and that of N/Si is 0.12 to less than 0.20, and the synthesis gel is then crystallised at a temperature of 150° C. to 220 ° C. for a period of less than 3 days, and a titanium-containing zeolite obtainable by this method.

Abstract: A process for producing an ultrafine mixed-crystal oxide characterized by producing an ultrafine mixed crystal oxide comprising primary particles in a mixed crystal state with a BET specific surface area of 10 to 200 m2/g, comprising the step of subjecting a halogenated metal to high temperature oxidation with an oxidizing gas to produce a metal oxide by a vapor phase production method, wherein said halogenated metal is in the form of a mixed gas (a mixed halogenated metal gas) comprising at least two compounds having a different metal elements selected from the group consisting of chlorides, bromides, and iodides of titanium, silicon, and aluminum, and said mixed halogenated metal gas and said oxidizing gas are independently preheated to 500° C. or more prior to a reaction, a ultrafine mixed crystal oxide obtained by the process, and use of the oxide.

Abstract: Thin films for use as dielectric in semiconductor and other devices are prepared from silica zeolites, preferably pure silica zeolites such as pure-silica MFI. The films have low k values, generally below about 2.7, ranging downwards to k values below 2.2. The films have relatively uniform pore distribution, good mechanical strength and adhesion, are relatively little affected by moisture, and are thermally stable. The films may be produced from a starting zeolite synthesis or precursor composition containing a silica source and an organic zeolite structure-directing agent such as a quaternary ammonium hydroxide. In one process the films are produced from the synthesis composition by in-situ crystallization on a substrate. In another process, the films are produced by spin-coating, either through production of a suspension of zeolite crystals followed by redispersion or by using an excess of the alkanol produced in preparing the synthesis composition.

Abstract: Novel lamellar mesoporous silica compositions which can contain functional inorganic elements and organic functional groups as part of the lamellar silica framework structure are described. The compositions are prepared using gemini amine surfactants as templates or structure directing agents. The compositions have novel high temperature and hydrothermal stability and unique fundamental particle structures.

Abstract: Novel lamellar mesoporous silica compositions which can contain functional inorganic elements and organic functional groups as part of the lamellar silica framework structure are described. The compositions are prepared using gemini amine surfactants as templates or structure directing agents. The compositions have novel high temperature and hydrothermal stability and unique fundamental particle structures.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for preparing a synthetic clay mineral which comprises silicon, aluminum, and at least one octahedron ion, which clay mineral has a total content of sodium and potassium of less than 0.5 wt. %, comprising the steps of a) providing a silica-alumina with a total content of sodium and potassium of less than 2.0 wt. % b) combining the silica-alumina with an octahedron ion source in such a manner that less than 0.1 mole of the total of sodium or potassium is added per mole of octahedron ion, c) if necessary, adjusting the pH to a value of at least 7, with less than 0.1 mole of the total of sodium and potassium being added per mole of octahedron ion during the pH adjustment, d) ageing the precipitate formed in c) at a temperature of 0-350° C. in an aqueous environment; e) optionally isolating the resulting material, optionally followed by washing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stevensite or kerolite type trioctahedral phyllosilicates 2:1 containing fluorine, fluorinated in synthesis in an acid medium and modified post-synthesis to bring about Si/Al and/or Mg/Al substitutions which impart acid properties to the solid. These phyllosilicates may be incorporated in the composition of catalysts used to convert hydrocarbons, in particular for hydrocracking.

Abstract: An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising the following components (A) and (B): Component (A): an ion-exchange layered silicate having an acid site of at most −8.2 pKa, the amount of the acid site is equivalent to at least 0.05 mmol/g of 2,6-dimethylpyridine consumed for neutralization; and Component (B): a compound of a transition metal belonging to Group 3 to Group 12 of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the production of a titanium-containing zeolite by: (a) combining a hydrolyzable silicon compound and a hydrolyzable titanium compound; (b) adding a basic quaternary ammonium compound in an aqueous medium to the mixture from (a) and hydrolysing the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range from 0° C. to 100° C. to form a synthesis sol; then (c) heating the synthesis sol to a temperature in the range from 150° C. to 190° C.; and (d) crystallizing the synthesis sol at this temperature, characterized in that the heating-up time in step (c) is less than 240 min.

Abstract: A catalyst component for olefin polymerization, which comprises an ion-exchange layered silicate having the following features 1 and 2:

Abstract: Precipitated silica or silicates, obtainable by acid precipitation of aqueous silicate solutions while maintaining a constant alkali number of at least 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for preparing hydrothermally stable MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves incorporating aluminum and other transition metals. The materials prepared by these methods possess a very high surface area and narrow uniform pore distribution in the mesopore region, and are highly thermally stable whereby the ions are not leached out after high temperature annealing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for purifying a heteropolyacid which comprises: subjecting an aqueous solution comprising (i) the heteropolyacid and (ii) salt impurities to at least one liquid/liquid extraction step with an organic solvent, characterized in that the organic solvent comprises a dihydrocarbyl ether having at least 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A new microporous crystalline molecular sieve material having the formula Cs3TiSi3O95•3H2O and its hydrothermally condensed phase, Cs2TiSi6O15, are disclosed. The microporous material can adsorb divalent ions of radionuclides or other industrial metals such as chromium, nickel, lead, copper, cobalt, zinc, cadmium, barium, and mercury, from aqueous or hydrocarbon solutions. The adsorbed metal ions can be leached out for recovery purposes or the microporous material can be hydrothermally condensed to a radiation resistant, structurally and chemically stable phase which can serve as a storage waste form for radionuclides.

Abstract: Noval silico-titanates and the methods of making and using the said titanates are disclosed. Nb-doped silico-titanates are particularly useful for selectively removing cesuim from radioactive wastes.