METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF A COMPOUND HAVING SUBMICRON PARTICLE SIZE AND A COMPOUND PRODUCED BY THE METHOD
First Claim
1. Method of manufacturing a metal and/or semi-metal compound such as metal and/or semi-metal oxides, metaloxy and/or semi-metaloxy hydroxides metal and/or semi-metal hydroxides, metal and/or semi-metal carbides, metal and/or semi-metal nitrides, metal and/or semi-metal carbonitrides, metal and/or semi-metal borides, electroceramics and other such compound, said compound having a sub-micron primary particle size, comprising the steps of:
- introducing a solid reactor filling material in a reactor,introducing a metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor or a substitution source in said reactor,introducing a reactant into said reactor,introducing a supercritical solvent into the said reactor, therebyestablishing a contact between the metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor and the co-solvent, thusresulting in the formation of said compound in the proximity of the said solid reactor filling material.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an improved method of manufacturing a compound having a sub-micron primary particle size such as a metal compound such as metal oxides, metaloxy hydroxides metal hydroxides, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal carbonitrides, metal borides, electroceramics and other such compound, said method comprising the steps of: introducing a solid reactor filling material in a reactor, introducing a metal-containing precursor, a semi-metal-containing precursor, a metal-containing oxide or a semi-metal-containing oxide in said reactor, introducing a reactant or a substitution source into the said reactor, and introducing a supercritical solvent into the said reactor. These steps result in the formation of said compound in the proximity of the said solid reactor filling material.
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115 Claims
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1. Method of manufacturing a metal and/or semi-metal compound such as metal and/or semi-metal oxides, metaloxy and/or semi-metaloxy hydroxides metal and/or semi-metal hydroxides, metal and/or semi-metal carbides, metal and/or semi-metal nitrides, metal and/or semi-metal carbonitrides, metal and/or semi-metal borides, electroceramics and other such compound, said compound having a sub-micron primary particle size, comprising the steps of:
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introducing a solid reactor filling material in a reactor, introducing a metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor or a substitution source in said reactor, introducing a reactant into said reactor, introducing a supercritical solvent into the said reactor, thereby establishing a contact between the metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor and the co-solvent, thus resulting in the formation of said compound in the proximity of the said solid reactor filling material. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 24, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 43, 92, 93, 97, 98, 103)
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112. Apparatus for manufacturing a metal and/or semi-metal compound such as metal and/or semi-metal oxides, metaloxy and/or semi-metaloxy hydroxides metal and/or semi-metal hydroxides, metal and/or semi-metal carbides, metal and/or semi-metal nitrides, metal and/or semi-metal carbonitrides, metal and/or semi-metal borides, electroceramics and other such compound, said compound having a sub-micron primary particle size, comprising the following components:
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means for introducing a solid reactor filling material in a reactor, means for introducing a metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor in said reactor, means for introducing a reactant in said reactor, means for introducing a supercritical solvent into the said reactor, said reactor intended as a space for establishing a contact between the metal- and/or semi-metal-containing precursor and the reactant and said reactor intended as a space for the formation of said compound in the proximity of the said solid reactor filling material.
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114. Apparatus for manufacturing a metal and/or semi-metal compound such as metal and/or semi-metal oxides, metaloxy and/or semi-metaloxy hydroxides, metal and/or semi-metal hydroxides, metal and/or semi-metal carbides, metal and/or semi-metal nitrides, metal and/or semi-metal carbonitrides, metal and/or semi-metal borides, electroceramics and other such compound, said compound having a sub-micron primary particle size, comprising the following components:
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means for introducing a solid reactor filling material in a reactor, means for introducing a metal- and/or semi-metal-containing oxide in said reactor, means for introducing a substitution source mi said reactor, means for introducing a supercritical solvent into the said reactor, said reactor intended as a space for establishing a contact between the metal- and/or semi-metal-containing oxide and the substitution source and said reactor intended as a space for the formation of said compound in the proximity of the said solid reactor filling material.
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