Nanoplatelet metal hydroxides and methods of preparing same
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.
Claims18
Nanoplatelets having an average platelet diameter of from about 30 nm to about 3500 nm and an average thickness of from about 1 nm to about 400 nm, wherein the nanoplatelet is an oxide or a hydroxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium, scandium, chromium, gallium, yttrium, niobium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, cadmium, indium, tin, lutetium, hafnium tantalum, tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum, gold, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, radium, and mixtures thereof.
Nanoplatelets having an average platelet diameter of from about 30 nm to about 3500 nm and an average thickness of from about 1 nm to about 400 nm, wherein the nanoplatelet is an oxide or a hydroxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, boron, sodium, potassium, arsenic, germanium, antimony, lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, eribum, thulium, ytterbium, thorium uranium, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.