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Method for producing fine particles of metal oxide
Assignee: Resonac Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-08-14
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Granted: 2001-12-11
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Expires: 2018-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide characterized in that metal halide is hydrolyzed in the presence of organic solvent. According to this invention, under hydrolysis of titanium tetrachrolide, anatase type titanium oxide can be obtained by selecting hydrophilic organic solvent, and rutile type titanium oxide can be obtained by selecting hydrophobic organic solvent.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryuji Monden
- 👤 Kasumi Nakamura
- 👤 Chozo Inoue
- 👤 Masahiro Ohmori
- 👤 Jun Tanaka
- 👤 Tamotsu Yamashita
- 👤 Mayumi Miyazawa
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01G; C01G1/00; C01G1/02; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C01B; C01B13/00; C01B13/14; C01B13/32; C01G17/00; C01G17/02; C01G19/00; C01G19/02; C01G23/00; C01G23/04; C01G23/047; C01G23/053; C01G23/0536; C01G25/00; C01G25/02; C01G30/00; C01G30/004; C01G30/005; C01G35/00; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/70; C01P2002/72; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/51; C01P2004/52; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/64; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide, comprising hydrolyzing metal halide in the presence of organic solvent to obtain the fine particles of metal oxide, wherein the amount of said organic solvent is from about 200 to about 10,000 parts by volume per 100 parts by volume of water and the amount of said water is from about 1 to about 100 times a theotetical volume of metal halide, and the mean particle size of said fine particle of metal oxide is about 20 nm or smaller.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide, comprising hydrolyzing metal halide in the presence of organic solvent to obtain the fine particles of metal oxide, wherein the amount of said organic solvent is from about 200 to about 10,000 parts by volume per 100 parts by volume of water and the amount of said water is from about 1 to about 100 times a theotetical volume of metal halide, and the mean particle size of said fine particle of metal oxide is about 20 nm or smaller.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide according to claim 1 , wherein said metal halide is titanium tetrchloride and said metal oxide is titanium dioxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide according to claim 2 , wherein said organic solvent is hydrophilic and said titanium dioxide has an anatase structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide according to claim 2 , wherein said organic solvent is hydrophobic and said titanium dioxide is in a rutile form.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
149 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide according to claim 1 , wherein said metal halide is selected from the group consisting of silicon chloride, germanium chloride, tin chloride, zirconium chloride, boron chloride, gallium chloride, indium chloride, thallium chloride, scandium chloride, yttrium chloride, lanthanum chloride, antimony chloride, bismuth chloride, vanadium chloride, niobium chloride, tanalum chloride, lantanoid chloride, actinoid chloride, silicon bromide, germanium bromide, tin bromide, zirconium bromide, boron bromide, gallium bromide, indium bromide, thallium bromide, scandium bromide, yttrium bromide, lanthanum bromide, antimony bromide, bismuth bromide, vanadium bromide, niobium bromide, tantalum bromide, lanthanoid bromide, and actinoid bromide, and further wherein the corresponding metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, germanium oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, indium oxide, thallium oxide, scandium oxide, yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, antimony oxide, bismuth oxide, vanadium oxide, niobium oxide, tantalum oxide, lanthanoid oxide, and actinoid oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide according to claim 5 , wherein said metal halide is selected from the group consisting of silicon chloride, germanium chloride, zirconium chloride, silicon bromide, germanium bromide and zirconium bromide.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide, comprising mixing water and organic solvent to form a mixture; adding metal halide to the mixture; and then hydrolyzing the metal halide, wherein the amount of said organic solvent is from about 200 to about 10,000 parts by volume per 100 parts by volume of water and the amount of said water is from about 1 to about 100 times a theoretical volume of metal halide, and further wherein the mean particle size of said fine particles of metal oxide is about 20 nm or smaller.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for producing fine particles of metal oxide, comprising mixing water and organic solvent to form a mixture; adding metal halide to the mixture; and then hydrolyzing the metal halide, wherein the amount of said organic solvent is from about 200 to about 10,000 parts by volume per 100 parts by volume of water and the amount of said water is from about 1 to about 100 times a theoretical volume of metal halide, and further wherein the mean particle size of said fine particles of metal oxide is about 20 nm or smaller.
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