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Glass polishing processes
Assignee: Rhone Poulenc Industries SA
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Filing: 1980-11-25
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Granted: 1983-06-28
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Expires: 2000-11-25
Abstract
Abstract A polishing process for mineral and organic ophthalmic lenses involves essentially a first step of mixing cerium oxide powder or zirconium oxide powder with (a) an alkali metal or ammonium salt of the condensation product of naphthalene sulphonic acid with formaldehyde, or of lignin sulphonic acid serving as an anionic deflocculating agent in an amount necessary to cause deflocculation, (b) an electrolyte containing a metal cation having a valency greater than 1, and (c) water, to form a slurry in which the powder is in a state of reversible flocculation. By this method the performance of the polishing powder in terms of numbers of acceptable lenses processed by each kilo of the powder is greatly improved.
Inventors
- 👤 John P. H. Williamson
- 👤 John L. Moilliet
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:58
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K3/14; C09K3/1454; C09K3/1463
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of polishing mineral and organic material in which the polishing compound comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rare earth metal compounds and zirconium oxide, which material is in powder form mixed with water and is maintained in a state of reversible flocculation by means of mixing the material with (a) an alkali metal or an ammonium salt of the condensation product of naphthalene sulfonic acid with formaldehyde or lignin sulfonic acid serving as an anionic deflocculating agent in an amount necessary to cause deflocculation, and (b) an electrolyte containing a metal cation having a valency greater than 1.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of polishing mineral and organic material in which the polishing compound comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rare earth metal compounds and zirconium oxide, which material is in powder form mixed with water and is maintained in a state of reversible flocculation by means of mixing the material with (a) an alkali metal or an ammonium salt of the condensation product of naphthalene sulfonic acid with formaldehyde or lignin sulfonic acid serving as an anionic deflocculating agent in an amount necessary to cause deflocculation, and (b) an electrolyte containing a metal cation having a valency greater than 1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said electrolyte is selected from the group consisting of a chloride, bromide, acetate, formate, nitrate and sulphate of an element of the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, strontium, barium and aluminium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the electrolyte is calcium chloride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of deflocculating agent is from 1.5 to 15 grams per kilo of the powder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of electrolyte is from 10 to 50 grams per kilo of the powder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the powder comprises a rare earth oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein the powder comprises cerium oxide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein an alkali metal or an ammonium salt of the condensation product of naphthalene sulfonic acid with formaldehyde serves as the anionic deflocculating agent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein lignin sulfonic acid serves as the anionic deflocculating agent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the polishing compound comprises that obtained by mixing the material in powder form with water, and then adding to the slurry so formed (a) an alkali metal or an ammonium salt of the condensation product of naphthalene sulfonic acid with formaldehyde serving as the anionic deflocculating agent, and (b) the electrolyte containing a metal cation having a valency greater than 1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the polishing compound comprises that obtained by mixing the material in powder form with water, and then adding to the slurry so formed (a) lignin sulfonic acid serving as the anionic deflocculating agent, and (b) the electrolyte containing a metal cation having a valency greater than 1.
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