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US 12,103,906 B2Granted
Cluster compounds and methods of making the same
AssigneeEarth Science Laboratories
InventorsReid Henry Bowman, David Nicholas, Freddie L. Singleton
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InventorsReid Henry Bowman, David Nicholas, Freddie L. Singleton
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Disclosed herein are clusters compounds that include at least one substituted amine sulfate and at least one substituted amine bisulfate molecule. The substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule may each include an ammonium moiety with at least one alkyl substituent. Optionally, the alkyl substituent can include 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or 1 to 6 carbon atoms. For example, the alkyl substituent can be a methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, or pentyl group. In some examples, the substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule each include an ammonium moiety with at least two alkyl substituents. Optionally, the two alkyl substituents are the same. Alternatively, however, the two alkyl substituents can be different.
A solution comprising a plurality of cluster compounds, each cluster compound comprising a cluster of molecules comprising at least one substituted amine sulfate molecule of formula (RaNH4−a)2SO4 and at least one substituted amine bisulfate molecule of formula RaNH4−aHSO4, wherein in each amine sulfate and amine bisulfate molecule each R independently is either an alkyl substituent consisting of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl substituent and a is 1, 2, or 3, wherein the solution further comprises water, and wherein the cluster compounds are present in a concentration from about 5% to about 50% by weight.
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