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US 10,513,442 B2Granted
Synthesis of M13 clusters from aluminum and gallium mineral polymorphs
AssigneesUniversity of Oregon, Oregon State University
InventorsBrantly Fulton, Milton N. Jackson, Jr., Darren W. Johnson, Shannon W. Boettcher, Cory K. Perkins, Douglas A. Keszler, James E. Hutchison
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Abstract
A method comprising reacting an aluminum mineral polymorph or a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid at an aluminum metal to acid molar ratio or gallium metal to acid molar ratio sufficient to produce M13 nanoscale clusters, M nano-agglomerates, or a M13 slurry, wherein M is Al or Ga.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- reacting an aluminum mineral polymorph or a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid at an aluminum metal to acid molar ratio or gallium metal to acid molar ratio sufficient to produce M13 nanoscale clusters, M13 nano-agglomerates, or a M13 slurry, wherein the M13 nanoscale clusters, M13 nano-agglomerates, or M13 slurry comprises [M13(μ3-OH)6(μ2-OH)18 (H2O)24]a [X]15a, wherein a is an integer of 1 to 4, [M13O4(OH)24(H2O)12)]b[X]7b, wherein b is an integer of 1 to 4, or a mixture thereof, wherein M is Al or Ga and X is a counterion derived from the acid.
A method comprising:
- mixing an aluminum mineral polymorph or a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid to produce a slurry;
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- processing the slurry under conditions sufficient to produce an aqueous solution of M13(μ3-OH)6(μ2-OH)18 (H2O)24(NO3)15 nanoscale clusters, wherein M is Al or Ga.
A method comprising:
- reacting a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid at a gallium metal to acid molar ratio sufficient to produce M13 nanoscale clusters, M13 nano-agglomerates, or a M13 slurry, wherein M is Ga and the gallium mineral polymorph is selected from Ga(O)OH, Ga2O3, Ga(OH)3, or any combination or mixture thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.