Nanoplatelet metal oxides
AssigneeAqua Resources Corporation
InventorOrville Lee Maddan
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Abstract
Nanoplatelet forms of metal hydroxide and metal oxide are provided, as well as methods for preparing same. The nanoplatelets are suitable for use as fire retardants and as agents for chemical or biological decontamination.
Claims12
A nanoplatelet comprising individual crystallites having a platelet diameter of from about 30 nm to about 3500 nm and a thickness of from about 1 nm to about 400 nm, wherein the nanoplatelet is an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of scandium, chromium, yttrium, niobium, lutetium, tantalum, tungsten, and mixtures thereof, the nanoplatelet having an aspect ratio of from about 15 to about 70 and having a BET specific surface area of from about 100 m2/g to about 150 m2/g, and an zeta potential of from about +60 mV to about −60 mV.
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