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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Cristal Inorganic Chemicals Switzerland Ltd, Baar, CH;
Inventors:
Guoyi Fu, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Mark B. Watson, Kensington, MD (US);
Assignee:
Cristal USA Inc., Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 23/047 (2006.01); C01G 23/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 23/0538 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ordered acicular aggregates of elongated TiOcrystallites which resemble nano-sized flower bouquets and/or triangular funnels, and process for their preparation by thermally hydrolyzing a soluble TiOprecursor compound in aqueous solution in the presence of a morphology controlling agent selected from carboxylic acids and amino acids.