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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:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423610 ; 423615 ; 423616 ;
Abstract
A titanium dioxide composition useful as the opacifier agent for vitreous enamels and fusion enamels comprises TiO.sub.2 predominantly in the form of isometric primary particles from 0.5 to 5.0 .mu.m in size, which are aggregated to predominantly spherolithic particles 1 to 100 .mu.m in diameter, with a BET surface of 1 to 4.5 m.sup.2 /g and an apparent density of 0.2 to 1.3 kg/1, is prepared by subjecting titanium dioxide hydrate having a BET surface of from 50 to 500 m.sup.2 /g to accelerated calcination at temperatures of 800.degree. to 1600.degree. C.