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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Timothy D. Dunbar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventor:
Timothy D. Dunbar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 1/02 (2006.01); C01G 9/02 (2006.01); C01G 23/04 (2006.01); C01G 31/02 (2006.01); C01G 45/02 (2006.01); C01G 37/02 (2006.01); C01F 7/02 (2006.01); C01G 15/00 (2006.01); C01G 19/02 (2006.01); C01G 21/02 (2006.01); C09C 1/04 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); C09C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09C 1/043 (2013.01); C01G 37/02 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01G 15/00 (2013.01); C01G 19/02 (2013.01); C01G 1/02 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C01G 9/02 (2013.01); C01G 31/02 (2013.01); C01G 45/02 (2013.01); C09C 3/08 (2013.01); C01G 23/04 (2013.01); C01G 21/02 (2013.01); C01F 7/02 (2013.01); Y10S 977/773 (2013.01); Y10S 977/811 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process comprises (a) combining (1) at least one base and (2) at least one metal carboxylate salt comprising (i) a metal cation selected from metal cations that form amphoteric metal oxides or oxyhydroxides and (ii) a lactate or thiolactate anion, or metal carboxylate salt precursors comprising (i) at least one metal salt comprising the metal cation and a non-interfering anion and (ii) lactic or thiolactic acid, a lactate or thiolactate salt of a non-interfering, non-metal cation, or a mixture thereof; and (b) allowing the base and the metal carboxylate salt or metal carboxylate salt precursors to react.