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Process for modifying the surface of a silica substrate having a reactive silanol surface

Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1955-10-18
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Granted: 1958-12-30
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Expires: 1975-10-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edward C Broge

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 04:09
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07F; C07F7/00; C07F7/02; C07F7/025; C01; C01B; C01B33/00; C01B33/113

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
A PROCESS COMPRISING ACTIVATING AN INORGANIC, SUPERCOLLOIDAL SILICEOUS SOLID HAVING A SURFACE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SILICA CONTAINING SURFACE SILANOL GROUPS BUT SUBSTANTIALLY NO SURFACE BOUND ALUMINUM, BY HEATING IT TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE FROM 300 TO 700*C. UNTIL ITS SPECIFIC HYDROXYLATED SURFACE AREA IS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 85 PERCENT OF ITS SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA BUT NOT BELOW THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT 2 SURFACE SILANOL GROUPS PER SQUARE MILLIMICRON OF SURFACE, AND THEREAFTER EFFECTING CONTACT BETWEEN IT AND A TERMINALLY-UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON, WHEREBY CHEMICAL REACTION OCCURS TO FORM AN ORGANO-MODIFIED PRODUCT OF THE SILICEOUS SOLID, CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A SURFACE LAYER OF DISCRETE ORGANIC GROUPS ATTACHED TO THE SILICEOUS SURFACE THROUGH PRIMARY CHEMICAL BONDS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 117 words
A PROCESS COMPRISING ACTIVATING AN INORGANIC, SUPERCOLLOIDAL SILICEOUS SOLID HAVING A SURFACE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SILICA CONTAINING SURFACE SILANOL GROUPS BUT SUBSTANTIALLY NO SURFACE BOUND ALUMINUM, BY HEATING IT TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE FROM 300 TO 700*C. UNTIL ITS SPECIFIC HYDROXYLATED SURFACE AREA IS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 85 PERCENT OF ITS SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA BUT NOT BELOW THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT 2 SURFACE SILANOL GROUPS PER SQUARE MILLIMICRON OF SURFACE, AND THEREAFTER EFFECTING CONTACT BETWEEN IT AND A TERMINALLY-UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON, WHEREBY CHEMICAL REACTION OCCURS TO FORM AN ORGANO-MODIFIED PRODUCT OF THE SILICEOUS SOLID, CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A SURFACE LAYER OF DISCRETE ORGANIC GROUPS ATTACHED TO THE SILICEOUS SURFACE THROUGH PRIMARY CHEMICAL BONDS.

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