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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:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence L Musselman, Apollo, PA (US);
Chanakya Misra, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Donald K Grubbs, Rector, PA (US);
Donald R Smith, Trafford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252609 ; 252602 ;
Abstract
A filler material for use in a polymer or paper system. The filler material is formed by heating hydrotalcite to less than approximately 600.degree. C. to remove most of the carbonate and water of hydration; submersing the hydrotalcite in a NaBr solution for 1-24 hours in a nitrogen atmosphere to form a bromide intercalated hydrotalcite; and adding the bromide intercalated hydrotalcite as a 25-65 wt % filler in a polymer system selected from the group of polypropylene, polybutylene terephtalate, nylon, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene.