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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Braithwaite, Brookhaven, MS (US);
William P Hettinger, Jr, Iselin, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252182 ; 252315 ; 252317 ; 2329 / ; 23300 ; 23304 ; 423160 ; 423161 ; 423498 ; 423155 ;
Abstract
A gelling agent is added to a brine containing magnesium chloride to convert the brine into a gel which is spray dried to produce dried magnesium chloride comprising substantially solid discrete particles of magnesium chloride having bulk densities in the range from about 12 to 45 pounds per cubic foot.