1740results about "Aluminium oxides/hydroxides" patented technology

Depositing one or more layers of material on a substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD) followed by surface treating the substrate with radicals of inert gas before subjecting the substrate to further deposition of layers. The radicals of the inert gas appear to change the surface state of the deposited layer to a state more amenable to absorb subsequent source precursor molecules. The radicals of the inert gas disconnect bonding of molecules on the surface of the substrate, and render the molecules on the surface to have dangling bonds. The dangling bonds facilitate absorption of subsequently injected source precursor molecules into the surface. Exposure to the radicals of the inert gas thereby increases the deposition rate and improves the properties of the deposited layer.

Aluminum hydroxide fibers approximately 2 nanometers in diameter and with surface areas ranging from 200 to 650 m²/g have been fount to be highly electropositive. When dispersed in water they are able to attach to and retain electronegative particles. When combined into a composite filter with other fibers or particles they can filter bacteria and nano size particulates such as viruses and colloidal particles at high flux through the filter. Such filters can be used for purification and sterilization of water, biological, medical and pharmaceutical fluids, and as a collector/concentrator for detection and assay of mirobes and viruses. The alumina fibers are also capable of filtering sub-micron inorganic and metallic particles to produce ultra pure water. The fibers are suitable as a substrate for growth of cells. Macromolicules such as proteins may be separated from each other based on their electronegative charges.

Method for making alpha alumina-based abrasive grain, wherein during an impregnation step of the method, alpha alumina-based ceramic precursor particles conchoidally fracture. The abrasive grain can be incorporated into abrasive products such as coated abrasives, bonded abrasives, and non-woven abrasives.

A new, cost effective process for the production of ultrafine particles which is based on mechanically activated chemical reaction of a metal compound with a suitable reagent. The process involves subjecting a mixture of a metal compound and a suitable reagent to mechanical activation to increase the chemical reactivity of the reactants and/or reaction kinetics such that a chemical reaction can occur which produces a solid nano-phase substance. Concomitantly, a by-product phase is also formed. This by-product phase is removed so that the solid nano-phase substance is left behind in the form of ultrafine particles. During mechanical activation a composite structure is formed which consists of an intimate mixture of nano-sized grains of the nano-phase substance and the reaction by-product phase. The step of removing the by-product phase, following mechanical activation, may involve subjecting the composite structure to a suitable solvent which dissolves the by-product phase, while not reacting with the solid nano-phase substance. The process according to the invention may be used to form ultrafine metal powders as well as ultrafine ceramic powders. Advantages of the process include a significant degree of control over the size and size distribution of the ultrafine particles, and over the nature of interfaces created between the solid nano-phase substance and the reaction by-product phase.

Doped, pyrogenically prepared oxides of metals and/or non-metals which are doped with one or more doping components in an amount of 0.00001 to 20 wt. %. The doping component may be a metal and/or non-metal or an oxide and/or a salt of a metal and/or a non-metal. The BET surface area of the doped oxide may be between 5 and 600 m2/g. The doped pyrogenically prepared oxides of metals and/or non-metals are prepared by adding an aerosol which contains an aqueous solution of a metal and/or non-metal to the gas mixture during the flame hydrolysis of vaporizable compounds of metals and/or non-metals.

Methods and systems for processing metal oxides from metal containing solutions. Metal containing solutions are mixed with heated aqueous oxidizing solutions and processed in a continuous process reactor or batch processing system. Combinations of temperature, pressure, molarity, Eh value, and pH value of the mixed solution are monitored and adjusted so as to maintain solution conditions within a desired stability area during processing. This results in metal oxides having high or increased pollutant loading capacities and/or oxidation states. These metal oxides may be processed according to the invention to produce co-precipitated oxides of two or more metals, metal oxides incorporating foreign cations, metal oxides precipitated on active and inactive substrates, or combinations of any or all of these forms. Metal oxides thus produced are, amongst other uses; suitable for use as a sorbent for capturing or removing target pollutants from industrial gas streams or drinking water or aqueous streams or for personal protective respirators.

PCT No. PCT/US96/04137 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 31, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 31, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 27, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32226 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996Sol-gel alumina that is dried but unfired can be explosively comminuted by feeding the dried gel into a furnace held at temperatures above those at which vaporizable materials are eliminated from the particles of gel. At suitably elevated temperatures the firing is sufficient to form fully densified alpha alumina particles of a size suitable for direct use as abrasive grits.

The invention provides mesoporous spherical alumina and a method for preparing the mesoporous spherical alumina by guiding of a template. By the adoption of an oil column forming method, the template with a guiding function is added into aluminum sol during the aluminum sol preparation process; and during the forming and aging processes of the aluminum sol, due to the existence of the template with the guiding function, a large number of meso-structures are prepared in alumina balls. The mesoporous spherical alumina has the following characteristics of: its specific surface is 150-300 m<2>/g; particle diameter is 0.1-5 mm; pore volume is 0.7-1.5 ml/g; holes, hole diameter of which is 2-40 nm, are greater than 97%; bulk density is 0.30-0.80g/cm<3>; and crushing strength is 70-250 N/granule. The mesoporous spherical alumina can be used as a catalyst or a catalyst carrier in the petrochemical industry and the industry of fine chemicals.

Production of an alumina powder characterized by having a single or multiple crystal structure selected from the group consisting of gamma, delta and theta-forms, a primary particle size of 10 to 50 nm, a mean secondary particle size of 100 to 500 nm, and a granular primary particle shape, or an alumina powder characterized by having an a-form crystal structure, a primary particle size of 60 to 150 nm, a mean secondary particle size of 200 to 500 nm, and a granular primary particle shape, using as a raw material an alumina hydrate comprising rectangular plate-like primary particles having a boehmite structure and having a length of one side of 10 to 50 nm; and preparation of a polishing composition comprising the alumina powder, water and a polishing accelerator.

The invention discloses a method for recovering and recycling waste lithium ion battery cathode material, belonging to the fields of lithium ion battery material preparation and recycling use of waste resources. The method has the technical proposal with the key points as follows: the recovered waste batteries are sorted, cathode waste material (after being sorted) which is stripped to remove the shell and generated in the production process of the lithium ion battery is directly crushed and ground, and then processed by the procedures such as aluminum removing, acid dipping, copper extracting, chemical purification and the like under different conditions, so that byproduct materials such as aluminum hydroxide, carbon black, graphite, copper sulphate and the like are generated; reaction products are added with precipitator with certain concentration for liquid-phase precipitation and then added with lithium source, so that cathode material can be generated in the high temperature environment. The technical proposal successfully realizes the valuable constituent recovery and cathode material regeneration of the waste lithium ion battery cathode material.

The process of preparing alumina includes: the reaction of flyash from circular fluidizing bed and acid to obtain aluminum chloride solution, eliminating silicon impurity, concentrating to crystallize and heating to decompose and to obtain crude alumina product; reaction of crude alumina product and hot alkali solution to obtain sodium aluminate solution; eliminating iron, titanium and other impurity, adding aluminum hydroxide crystal seed into sodium aluminate solution for seed separating decomposition to obtain aluminum hydroxide precipitate; and final calcining aluminum hydroxide to obtain metallurgical alumina. The normal pressure process has no any cosolvent added, and the alumina product has Al2O3 content up to 98 %. The process has small sodium hydroxide consumption, reuse of most of sodium hydroxide, simple operation, low cost, low power consumption, capacity of reducing flyash pollution and other advantages.

The invention discloses spherical integral macroporous alumina and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps of: uniformly mixing polymer microspherical emulsion, alumina sol and a coagulant in a certain ratio, and dispersing the mixture in an oil phase to obtain W/O liquid drops; heating the miscible phase system to make the alumina sol in an aqueous phase gelatinized into spheres; separating out the formed gel microspheres from the oil phase; and ageing in an ammonia water medium, drying, and roasting to obtain the spherical integral macroporous alumina. The macropore size of the alumina is uniform and controllable in a range of less than 1 mu m, spherical particles have controllable size and high mechanical strength, and the forming process is simple and feasible, and is suitable for mass preparation.

Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system.

A process of treating metal oxide nanoparticles that includes mixing metal oxide nanoparticles, a solvent, and a surface treatment agent that is preferably a silane or siloxane is described. The treated metal oxide nanoparticles are rendered hydrophobic by the surface treatment agent being surface attached thereto, and are preferably dispersed in a hydrophobic aromatic polymer binder of a charge transport layer of a photoreceptor, whereby π—π interactions can be formed between the organic moieties on the surface of the nanoparticles and the aromatic components of the binder polymer to achieve a stable dispersion of the nanoparticles in the polymer that is substantially free of large sized agglomerations.

Materials and associated processes for making the materials. For example the material may include alpha alumina crystalline whiskers. The process may include conducting the process as hydrothermal, and producing the whiskers to have a length to diameter aspect ratio of at least two.

Polycrystalline materials of macroscopic size exhibiting Single-Crystal-Like properties are formed from a plurality of Single-Crystal Particles, having Self-Aligning morphologies and optionally ling morphology, bonded together and aligned along at least one, and up to three, crystallographic directions.

A process for extracting alumina from powdered coal ash while generating white carbon black includes such steps as grinding powdered coal ash, activating, adding ammonium sulfate, reacting, adding water, filtering, filling ammonia gas into the filtered liquid to obtain the deposited mixture of aluminum hydroxide and iron hydroxide, adding the solution of sodium hydroxide to dissolve the aluminum hydroxide deposit, adding carbon to obtain pure aluminum hydroxide, and calcining to obtain Al2O3.

The invention discloses a clean producing craft of aluminum oxide and white carbon black comprehensively with high-alumina coal ash, which comprises the following steps: making sodium carbonate as raw material; disintegrating high-alumina coal ash under medium-temperature; generating acid dissoluble aluminosilicate materials; using dilute sulphuric acid to acid dip; separating aluminum oxide and silica in the high-alumina coal ash; further treating aluminous liquid part; generating hydrated alumina deposition; finishing gamma-alumina or alpha- alumina product through calcining; washing, purifying, drying; calcining the silica gel part; getting white carbon black, silica aerogel, ultra-fine silica, porous silica and so on inorganic silicide.

A process to produce mixed metal oxides and metal oxide compounds. The process includes evaporating a feed solution that contains at least two metal salts to form an intermediate. The evaporation is conducted at a temperature above the boiling point of the feed solution but below the temperature where there is significant crystal growth or below the calcination temperature of the intermediate. The intermediate is calcined, optionally in the presence of an oxidizing agent, to form the desired oxides. The calcined material can be milled and dispersed to yield individual particles of controllable size and narrow size distribution.

The invention relates to a method for comprehensively using aluminium to electrolyze a waste cathode carbon block, which belongs to the technical field of environment protection and comprises the following steps: crushing and grinding the waste cathode carbon block; adjusting the concentration and the PH value of ore slurry after the grinding, then using floatation equipment to carry out floatation treatment, and separating electrolyte and carbon which are contained in the waste cathode carbon block; using an aluminium salt solution to soak for extracting the electrolyte contained in a carbon product obtained from the floatation, and further improving the grade of a high-carbon product; mixing the grinding waste water, the floatation waste water and the soaking solution, and adding CaO and CaCl2 to precipitate and recover aluminium and fluothane in the mixture. The method for comprehensively using aluminium to electrolyze a waste cathode carbon block has simple operating condition, low energy consumption, high recovery ratio of valuable substances and good application prospect.

Micelle-templated superficially porous particles having a solid core and an outer porous shell with ordered pore structures and a narrow particle size distribution, such as about ±5% (one sigma), and a high specific surface area of about 5 to about 1000 m²/g.

The invention discloses a preparation method of integrated large-hole alumina, belonging to a preparation technique of integrated multi-hole inorganic oxide. The method comprises the following process: reverse concentrated emulsion method is adopted to prepare integrated large-hole organic template taking cinnamene and divinylbenzene as monomer; aluminum isopropoxide or pseudoboehmite is primarily used for preparing Al2O3 hydrosol; the Al2O3 hydrosol is filled into the integrated large-hole organic template; the filled integrated organic/inorganic composites are dried and then are roasted to remove the template, so as to obtain the integrated large-hole alumina. The invention has the advantages of simple and feasible preparation process, moreover the prepared integrated large-hole alumina has micrometer grade communicated large-hole channels (1-50um). The invention is applicable for catalyst carrier, absorption materials and separation materials.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an alumina porous microsphere. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) dissolving a surfactant in deionized water, stirring the solution, and using the solution as a water phase; 2) mixing a chelating agent, an alumina precursor and octanol, stirring the materials, and using the mixture as an oil phase; 3) adding Span80 and a pore-forming agent to the oil phase, and stirring the materials; 4) pouring the clear oil phase obtained in the step 3) into the water phase, and continuously stirring and emulsifying the materials; 5) carrying out vacuum filtration on the product obtained in the step 4), and washing and then drying the obtained filter cake, thus obtaining the alumina porous microsphere. The microsphere has an internally closed macroporous structure and has a microsphere dimension of 1-100mu m and an internally closed pore diameter of 50nm-5mu m.

A metal oxide nanoporous material comprises two or more kinds of first metal oxides selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, iron oxide, rare-earth oxides, alkali metal oxides and alkaline-earth metal oxides. The metal oxide nanoporous material has nanopores, each with a diameter of 10 nm or smaller, in which the metal oxides are dispersed homogeneously in the wall forming the nanopores.

The invention discloses a method for producing alumina by disposing and utilizing industrial solid wastes, in particular to a method for preparing alumina by fly ash, comprising the steps as follows: the fly ash is mechanically activated; the activated fly ash, water and concentrated sulfuric acid react in a reaction kettle under the conditions of heating and pressurizing; the solid is separated from the liquid after the temperature of the reaction is reduced so as to gain aluminium sulfate liquid; the aluminium sulfate liquid is evaporated, concentrated and cooled so as to precipitate aluminium sulphate crystals; the aluminium sulphate crystals are dehydrated and decomposed to gain gama-Al2O3 and SO3; coarse gama-Al2O3 is dissolved in alkaline solution; after the solid is separated from the liquid, the pure sodium aluminate solution is gained; aluminum hydroxide crystal seed is added to the sodium aluminate solution so as to precipitate the aluminum hydroxide; the coarse gama-Al2O3 can be prepared by circularly dissolving the seed-precipitated alkaline solution after vaporization-concentration; the metallurgical alumina can be gained by baking the prepared aluminum hydroxide. The method adds no additive, can lead the alumina in the fly ash to be effectively leached out with the leaching rate more than 90% and saves the energy resource.

The invention relates to linear alkanes dehydrogenation catalyst carrier technics used in petrochemical industry. Its aperture distribution can be adjusted through producing macroporous alumina globule. Then add surface active agent in globule dropping process. Finally conduct hydrothermal treatment in supporter producing process. On base of self-research, globule dropping technics is designed by self to make product cost reduce remarkably. Using self produced macroporous alumina dropping globule, side pressure intensity of alumina globule can reach more than 20N per grain. Using self-researched macroporous gamma-Al2O3 with binocular construction, reaction performance of linear alkanes dehydrogenation catalyst can reach conversion>12-13 percent and selectivity>90 percent. Compared with international like products, its stability is better.

This invention discloses a method for extracting SiO2 and Al2O3 from fly ashes. The method comprises: activating fly ashes, leaching with more than 40 wt. % NaOH solution so that Si is stripped out in the form of sodium cilicate, introducing CO2 to prepare SiO2, adding CaO or CaCO3 into the leaching residue, calcining to obtain a clinker, preparing Al2O3 by Bayer method, and preparing cement from the waste residue. The method extracts Si at first, thus increasing the Al/Si ratio in the leaching residue. Treated leaching residue can be directly subjected to Bayer method to extract Al2O3, which largely simplify Al2O3 extraction process and increase Al2O3 utility. The method has such advantages as simple process, low investment, and high product added value.

The invention discloses a method for producing superfine aluminium hydroxide and aluminium oxide by taking flyash of a recirculating fluidized bed as a raw material. The method comprises the following steps of: a) grinding the flyash, performing wet magnetic separation and deironization, and reacting with hydrochloric acid to obtain hydrochloric acid extract; b) introducing the hydrochloric acid extract into a macroporous cationic resin column for adsorption, after adsorptive saturation of the resin, eluting by using an eluant to obtain eluent containing aluminium chloride and iron chloride; c) removing iron from the eluent by using alkaline solution to obtain solution of sodium metaaluminate; d) adding a dispersing agent into the solution of sodium metaaluminate, and mixing uniformly to obtain dispersion; and e) performing carbon decomposition on the dispersion to obtain the superfine aluminium hydroxide. The superfine aluminium hydroxide is calcined at different temperatures to form gamma-aluminium oxide and alpha-aluminium oxide respectively. Compared with other methods, the method has the advantages of wide sources of raw materials, simple production process and high purity of the products.

The invention discloses a method for dissolving red mud. The method comprises the following specific steps of: mixing Bayer process red mud with white lime in the mass ratio of 1:(0.3-0.9); stirring at the temperature of 80-140 DEG C for reacting for 1-15 hours for calcifying, transforming and dealkalizing; mixing calcified, deformed and dealkalized Bayer process red mud with clear water or a low-concentration sodium aluminate solution in an enclosed container; introducing CO2 into the container to obtain calcified slag containing calcium silicate, calcium carbonate and aluminum hydroxide serving as main components; and extracting aluminum hydroxide from the calcified slag by using a sodium hydroxide solution or an aluminum hydroxide solution. In the method disclosed by the invention, the structure and composition of red mud are changed by adopting calcification transformation and pressurizing calcification transformation methods, so that dealkalization and extraction of aluminum can be realized; and iron is extracted properly, so that the structure and the composition of red mud can meet the requirements of cement production, and the aim of dissolving red mud on a large scale at low cost is fulfilled.

The invention discloses a method for harmless disposal and recycling of aluminum ash. The method comprises steps of raw material water immersion nitrogen and chlorine removal, calcination fluorine removal, alkali fusion sintering, sintering material dissolving-out and purifying impurity removal. Aluminum ash generated in metal aluminum smelting process is employed as a raw material, after metal aluminum is recycled through secondary processing, nitrides are removed through water immersion, fluorides are removed through calcinations, alkali fusion sintering is carried out, the sintering materials are dissolved out, impurities are removed through a sodium aluminate solution, the processed aluminum ash is employed as a raw material for producing sand-shaped aluminum oxide. Ammonia gas generated in the aluminum ash harmless disposal process can be employed as an ammonium production raw material, a chlorination liquid generated can be employed as a chlorate production raw material, and silicon fluoride gas generated in the calcination process is absorbed by an aqueous solution. The method is simple and practical, environmental protection benefits are high, the production efficiency is high, the device investment is low, and energy consumption is low. Harmless and recycling disposal of hazardous wastes can be achieved. The obtained product can be applied in practical production.