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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:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
C Arlyn Rice, Sandersville, GA (US);
Assignee:
E.C.C. America Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428409 ; 4272481 ; 427255 ; 428404 ; 428698 ; 523216 ; 523508 ;
Abstract
A modified clay mineral, such as a kaolin clay, is disclosed in which nitridation of the silicon atoms of the clay has been effected. This may be accomplished by reaction of the clay with NH.sub.3 at temperatures above 1000.degree. C.