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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
West Virginia University Research Corporation, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventor:
Alfred Stiller, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION, Morgantown, WV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01F 11/28 (2006.01); C01F 7/58 (2006.01); C01B 31/06 (2006.01); C01B 31/02 (2006.01); C01B 31/04 (2006.01); C01B 31/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/06 (2013.01); C01B 31/02 (2013.01); C01B 31/0446 (2013.01); C01B 31/32 (2013.01); C01F 7/58 (2013.01); C01F 11/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides for methods of oxidizing carbide anions, or negative ions, from salt like carbides at temperatures from about 150° C. to about 750° C. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for reactions with intermediate transition metal carbides. In yet another aspect, the disclosure provides for a system of reactions where salt-like carbide anions and intermediate carbide anions are oxidized to produce pure carbon of various allotropes.