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Recovery of silicon carbide whiskers from coked, converted rice hulls by liquid-liquid separation
Assignee: Advanced Composite Materials Corp
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Filing: 1979-07-02
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Granted: 1981-02-10
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Expires: 1999-07-02
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is directed to silicon carbide whisker recovery from a mixture of silicon carbide whiskers and carbonaceous silicon carbide particles. The invention involves shredding the mixture down to a specified size, dispersing the mixture in water to form an aqueous mixture, agitating the aqueous mixture, mixing the aqueous mixture with an immiscible organic solvent which is lighter than water, agitating the resulting water-organic solvent mixture, allowing the organic solvent and its contents to rise above the water and its contents, separating the two liquid phases into an organic solvent phase and an aqueous phase and, lastly, performing a solid-liquid separation on each of the two phases, thereby obtaining from the aqueous solution the desired silicon carbide whiskers and obtaining from the organic solvent solution a carbonaceous silicon carbide particle product.
Inventors
- 👤 Bhupendra K. Parekh
- 👤 William M. Goldberger
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
C; C30; C30B; C30B29/00; C30B29/10; C30B29/36; C01; C01B; C01B32/00; C01B32/90; C01B32/914; C01B32/956; C01B32/963; C01B32/97; C30B33/00; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for separating silicon carbide whiskers from a mixture of silicon carbide whiskers with carbonaceous silicon carbide particles, comprising: (i) shredding the mixture down to a specified particle size in order to liberate the silicon carbide whiskers from the carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (ii) dispersing the shredded mixture in water to form an aqueous mixture of hydrophilic silicon carbide whiskers and hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (iii) agitating the aqueous mixture to further liberate said hydrophilic silicon carbide whiskers from said hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (iv) mixing the aqueous mixture with an immiscible organic solvent which is lighter than water and which will have an affinity for said hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (v) agitating the aqueous mixture and organic solvent; (vi) settling the aqueous mixture and organic solvent so as to establish two liquid phases; (vii) separating the two liquid phases; and, (viii) separating the silicon carbide whiskers from the aqueous mixture.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for separating silicon carbide whiskers from a mixture of silicon carbide whiskers with carbonaceous silicon carbide particles, comprising: (i) shredding the mixture down to a specified particle size in order to liberate the silicon carbide whiskers from the carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (ii) dispersing the shredded mixture in water to form an aqueous mixture of hydrophilic silicon carbide whiskers and hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (iii) agitating the aqueous mixture to further liberate said hydrophilic silicon carbide whiskers from said hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (iv) mixing the aqueous mixture with an immiscible organic solvent which is lighter than water and which will have an affinity for said hydrophobic carbonaceous silicon carbide particles; (v) agitating the aqueous mixture and organic solvent; (vi) settling the aqueous mixture and organic solvent so as to establish two liquid phases; (vii) separating the two liquid phases; and, (viii) separating the silicon carbide whiskers from the aqueous mixture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of kerosene, mineral spirits and light fuel oils.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said organic solvent is mixed with said aqueous mixture in a volume ratio of about 1 to 5 up to about 1 to 20.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous silicon carbide non-whisker particles are obtained by separating said particles from the organic solvent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said shredded mixture is dispersed in water so as to contain about 1 to about 15% by weight of solids.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said shredded mixture is dispersed in water so as to contain about 5 to about 10% by weight of solids.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 or 5 wherein said organic solvent is mixed with said aqueous mixture in a volume ratio of about 1 to 5 up to about 1 to 30.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, 5, 2, 6, or 3 wherein said shredding is accomplished with a hammer mill.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, 5, 2, 6, or 3 wherein said liquid phase separation is accomplished by decanting.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, 5, 2, 6, or 3 wherein said shredding was performed so as to render a particle size of minus ten mesh.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1, 5, 7, 2, 6, or 3 wherein said shredding was performed so as to render a particle size of minus five mesh.
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