US4927464A
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Particulate material
Assignee: Croda International PLC
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Filing: 1988-05-23
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Granted: 1990-05-22
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Expires: 2008-05-23
Abstract
Abstract There is an increasing demand for products which are effective in the absorbancy of UV light but still remain transparent to visible light. Titanium dioxide has been proposed for this use. A new form of titanium dioxide has been developed which is very effective in use and which is acicular in shape and having a ratio of the largest dimension to the shortest within the range 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is from 0.01 to 0.15 micron and in which the particles have a coating of a hydrous oxide of aluminium and of silicon in a weight ratio of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 expressed as the oxides. The materials are eminently suitable for use in cosmetics and other skin care products.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan G. Cowie
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-30 05:11
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K9/00; C08K9/02; A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/02; A61K8/11; A61K8/18; A61K8/19; A61K8/29; A61Q; A61Q17/00; A61Q17/04; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C01; C01G; C01G23/00; C01G23/04; C01G23/047; C01G23/053; C09; C09C; C09C1/00; C09C1/36; C09C1/3692; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/20; A61K2800/26; A61K2800/262; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/41; A61K2800/412; A61K2800/413; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/80; C01P2002/84; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/10; C01P2004/50; C01P2004/54; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/62; C01P2004/64; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
Particulate material comprising non-calcined titanium dioxide the particles of which are acicular in shape and which have a ratio of the longest dimension to the shortest dimension within the range of 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is within the range 0.01 to 0.15 micron and said particles having a coating comprising an oxide or hydrous oxide of aluminum and an oxide or hydrous oxide of silicon in a weight ratio of Al 2 O 3 :SiO 2 of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 and said material being substantially transparent to visible light and substantially absorbant to UV light.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
Particulate material comprising non-calcined titanium dioxide the particles of which are acicular in shape and which have a ratio of the longest dimension to the shortest dimension within the range of 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is within the range 0.01 to 0.15 micron and said particles having a coating comprising an oxide or hydrous oxide of aluminum and an oxide or hydrous oxide of silicon in a weight ratio of Al 2 O 3 :SiO 2 of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 and said material being substantially transparent to visible light and substantially absorbant to UV light.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the largest dimension is within the range 0.02 to 0.1 micron.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which at least 80 per cent of the particles have a size within the range 0.1 to 0.15 micron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the amount of oxide or hydrous oxide of aluminium when expressed as Al 2 O 3 is from 1.0 to 30.0 per cent based on the weight of titanium dioxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the amount of said oxide or hydrous oxide of aluminium is from 5 to 20 per cent by weight Al 2 O 3 on titanium dioxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the amount of the oxide or hydrous oxide of silicon is within the range of 0.2 to 20.0 weight percent as SiO 2 on titanium dioxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the amount of the oxide or hydroxide of silicon is within the range 1.5 to 7.0 weight per cent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the weight ratio Al 2 O 3 :SiO 2 in the coating is from 2.0 to 3.5
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the particles carry a coating of an organic compound selected from the class consisting of organic silicon compounds, polyols, amines and alkanolamines.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the particles carry an organic dispersing agent selected from the class consisting of substituted carboxylic acids and soap bases.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the particles carry a substituted carboxylic acid which is a hydroxy carboxylic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the particles carry a polyhydroxy stearic acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
Particulate material according to claim 1 in which the particles of titanium dioxide have a purity such that the amount of sulphate expressed as SO 3 present in them does not exceed 0.9% by weight of the particles free of coating oxides or hydrous oxides.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for the manufacture of a particulate material which comprises forming an aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide the particles of which are acicular in shape and which have a ratio of the longest dimension to the shortest dimension within the range 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is within the range 0.01 to 0.15 micron and which has not undergone any intervening calcination process, mixing the dispersion with a hydrolysable compound of aluminum and a hydrolysable compound of silicon to deposit on said particles a coating of a hydrous oxide of aluminum and a hydrous oxide of silicon in a weight ration of Al 2 O 3 :SiO 2 of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 and drying the resultant product at a temperature substantially below calcination temperature.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for the manufacture of a particulate material which comprises forming an aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide the particles of which are acicular in shape and which have a ratio of the longest dimension to the shortest dimension within the range 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is within the range 0.01 to 0.15 micron and which has not undergone any intervening calcination process, mixing the dispersion with a hydrolysable compound of aluminum and a hydrolysable compound of silicon to deposit on said particles a coating of a hydrous oxide of aluminum and a hydrous oxide of silicon in a weight ration of Al 2 O 3 :SiO 2 of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 and drying the resultant product at a temperature substantially below calcination temperature.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 14 in which an aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide is prepared by hydrolysing a hydrolysable titanium compound to precipitate said acicular particles.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 14 in which an aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide is prepared by hydrolysing an inorganic titanate.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 14 in which an aqueous dispersion of titanium dioxide is milled to produce particles of the said dimensions prior to mixing with said hydrolysable compounds of aluminium and silicon.
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