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Vermiculite composition with improved thermal expansion properties
Assignee: GCP Applied Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1993-06-14
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Granted: 1994-08-23
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Expires: 2013-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A vermiculite composition capable of exhibiting a high degree of volume increase upon subjection to thermal exfoliation composed of vermiculite mineralogical species having specific gravity of from 2.5 g/cm3 to 2.9 g/cm3. Further, intumescent sheets formed with said vermiculite composition exhibit low initial expansion temperature and very high maximum expansion properties.
Inventors
- 👤 Semyon D. Friedman
- 👤 Robert W. McKinney
- 👤 Chia-Chih Ou
- 👤 Robert M. Spotnitz
- 👤 Shaohai Wu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 00:36
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B14/00; C04B14/02; C04B14/04; C04B14/20; C04B14/202; C04B30/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S106/00; Y10S106/03; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A vermiculite composition having the capability of exhibiting enhanced volume increase upon subjection to thermal exfoliation consisting essentially of a vermiculite ore concentrate material having at least 90% of at least one unexpanded vermiculite mineralogical specie or mixtures thereof having a specific density in the range of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
56 words
A vermiculite composition having the capability of exhibiting enhanced volume increase upon subjection to thermal exfoliation consisting essentially of a vermiculite ore concentrate material having at least 90% of at least one unexpanded vermiculite mineralogical specie or mixtures thereof having a specific density in the range of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The vermiculite composition of claim 1 wherein the specific density is in the range of from 2.6 g/cm 3 to 2.8 g/cm 3 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The vermiculite composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is composed of at least 95% by weight of said vermiculite mineralogical species.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The vermiculite composition of claim 2 wherein the composition is composed of at least 95% by weight of said vermiculite mineralogical species.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The vermiculite composition of claim 1 which is treated by cation exchange with potassium cations.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
86 words
A process of forming a vermiculite composition capable of exhibiting enhanced volume increase upon subjection to thermal exfoliation comprising: i. beneficiating vermiculite ore to form vermiculite ore concentrate having a substantial portion of gangue material removed therefrom; ii. treating the ore concentrate to density classification to separate out a vermiculite ore concentrate composition composed of at least 90 weight percent of vermiculite mineralogical species having specific density in the range of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 ; and iii. recovering the vermiculite composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
86 words
A process of forming a vermiculite composition capable of exhibiting enhanced volume increase upon subjection to thermal exfoliation comprising: i. beneficiating vermiculite ore to form vermiculite ore concentrate having a substantial portion of gangue material removed therefrom; ii. treating the ore concentrate to density classification to separate out a vermiculite ore concentrate composition composed of at least 90 weight percent of vermiculite mineralogical species having specific density in the range of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 ; and iii. recovering the vermiculite composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the ore concentrate is treated to density classification to provide a vermiculite composition having at least 90 weight percent of at least one vermiculite mineralogical species or mixtures thereof having a density of 2.6 g/cm 3 to 2.8 g/cm 3 .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the recovered vermiculite composition is composed of at least 95% by weight of said vermiculite mineralogical species.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the recovered vermiculite composition is composed of at least 95% by weight of said vermiculite mineralogical species.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
89 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the density classification comprises mixing a vermiculite ore concentrate with a low density fluid media having a specific density substantially equal to 2.5 g/cm 3 , separating and recovering vermiculite material having a higher density than 2.5 g/cm 3 from the low-density fluid media, further mixing the recovered material with a high density fluid media having a specific density substantially equal to 2.9 g/cm 3 and separating and recovering material having a lower density than 2.9 g/cm 3 from the high-density fluid media.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
88 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the density classification comprises mixing a vermiculite ore concentrate with a low density fluid media having a specific density substantially equal to 2.6 g/cm 3 separating and recovering vermiculite material having a higher density than 2.6 g/cm 3 from the low-density fluid media, further mixing the recovered material with a high density fluid media having a specific density substantially equal to 2.8 g/cm 3 and separating and recovering material having a lower density than 2.8 g/cm 3 from the high-density fluid media.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
A flexible intumescent sheet product comprising from about 25% to 50% by weight of inorganic fibrous material, from about 5% to 15% of a binder and from about 40% to 65% by weight of at least one vermiculite mineralogical species having a specific density of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
54 words
A flexible intumescent sheet product comprising from about 25% to 50% by weight of inorganic fibrous material, from about 5% to 15% of a binder and from about 40% to 65% by weight of at least one vermiculite mineralogical species having a specific density of from 2.5 g/cm 3 to 2.9 g/cm 3 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The sheet product of claim 12 wherein the vermiculite mineralogical species have a specific density of from 2.6 g/cm 3 to 2.8 g/cm 3 .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sheet product of claim 12 wherein the vermiculite mineralogical species is treated to cationic exchange with ammonium or potassium cations.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The sheet product of claim 13 wherein the vermiculite mineralogical species of said vermiculite composition is treated to cationic exchange with ammonium or potassium cations.
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