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US 2023/0416540 A1Published application
Plastic modifying compositions and enhanced carbonate compositions
AssigneeITI Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Creasey, Samuel Horace McCall, IV
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Abstract
The present subject matter provides certain aqueous plastic modifying compositions for use in the preparation of plastic forming mixtures used in the preparation and processing of polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene plastic products. The aqueous plastic modifying compositions provide certain plastic processing advantages and distinct plastic product characteristics. The present invention further provides carbonate enhancing composition useful for preparing enhanced carbonate compositions, also of the present invention
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A plastic forming mixture comprising:
- at least one plastic substrate;
- at least one calcium carbonate fill material;
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- a carbonate enhancing composition wherein the carbonate enhancing composition comprising:
- a solubility enhancing composition in solution comprising an anionic component consisting essentially of sulfate ions, alone or in combination with bisulfate ions, having a concentration from about 8.00 moles per liter to about 13.00 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a cationic component consisting essentially of ammonium ions having a concentration from about 1.45 moles per liter to about 2.01 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- and hydrogen ions in a concentration from about 17.38 mols per liter to about 21.68 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a sodium hydroxide solution having as concentration of about 5 percent to about 7.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, and combinations thereof having a concentration from 0.05 percent to about 0.15 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- the addition of at least one acid or at least one base to adjust the pH of the carbonate enhancing composition to a pH from about 2.5 to about 3.5 at least one time during the preparation of the carbonate enhancing composition.
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A plastic forming mixture comprising:
- at least one plastic substrate;
- at least one carbonate fill material other than calcium carbonate;
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- a carbonate enhancing composition wherein the carbonate enhancing composition comprising:
- a solubility enhancing composition in solution comprising an anionic component consisting essentially of sulfate ions, alone or in combination with bisulfate ions, having a concentration from about 8.00 moles per liter to about 13.00 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a cationic component consisting essentially of ammonium ions having a concentration from about 1.45 moles per liter to about 2.01 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- and hydrogen ions in a concentration from about 17.38 mols per liter to about 21.68 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a sodium hydroxide solution having as concentration of about 5 percent to about 7.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, and combinations thereof having a concentration from 0.05 percent to about 0.15 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- the addition of at least one acid or at least one base to adjust the pH of the carbonate enhancing composition to a pH from about 2.5 to about 3.5 at least one time during the preparation of the carbonate enhancing composition.
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A plastic forming mixture comprising:
- at least one plastic substrate;
- at least one carbonate fill material;
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- a carbonate enhancing composition wherein the carbonate enhancing composition comprising:
- a solubility enhancing composition in solution comprising an anionic component consisting essentially of sulfate ions, alone or in combination with bisulfate ions, having a concentration from about 8.00 moles per liter to about 13.00 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a cationic component consisting essentially of ammonium ions having a concentration from about 1.45 moles per liter to about 2.01 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- and hydrogen ions in a concentration from about 17.38 mols per liter to about 21.68 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a sodium hydroxide solution having as concentration of about 5 percent to about 7.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
- silver sulfate having a concentration from about 0.001 percent to about 1.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, and combinations thereof having a concentration from 0.05 percent to about 0.15 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- the addition of at least one acid or at least one base to adjust the pH of the carbonate enhancing composition to a pH from about 2.5 to about 3.5 at least one time during the preparation of the carbonate enhancing composition.
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An enhanced carbonate composition comprising:
- at least one carbonate;
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- a carbonate enhancing composition wherein the carbonate enhancing composition comprising:
- a solubility enhancing composition in solution comprising an anionic component consisting essentially of sulfate ions, alone or in combination with bisulfate ions, having a concentration from about 8.00 moles per liter to about 13.00 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a cationic component consisting essentially of ammonium ions having a concentration from about 1.45 moles per liter to about 2.01 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- and hydrogen ions in a concentration from about 17.38 mols per liter to about 21.68 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a sodium hydroxide solution having as concentration of about 5 percent to about 7.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, and combinations thereof having a concentration from 0.05 percent to about 0.15 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- the addition of at least one acid or at least one base to adjust the pH of the carbonate enhancing composition to a pH from about 2.5 to about 3.5 at least one time during the preparation of the carbonate enhancing composition.
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An enhanced carbonate composition comprising:
- at least one carbonate;
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- a carbonate enhancing composition wherein the carbonate enhancing composition comprises:
- a solubility enhancing composition in solution comprising an anionic component consisting essentially of sulfate ions, alone or in combination with bisulfate ions, having a concentration from about 8.00 moles per liter to about 13.00 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a cationic component consisting essentially of ammonium ions having a concentration from about 1.45 moles per liter to about 2.01 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- and hydrogen ions in a concentration from about 17.38 mols per liter to about 21.68 moles per liter of the solubility enhancing composition volume;
- a sodium hydroxide solution having as concentration of about 5 percent to about 7.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
- silver sulfate having a concentration from about 0.001 percent to about 1.5 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, and combinations thereof having a concentration from 0.05 percent to about 0.15 percent weight/weight of the total aqueous phase weight of the carbonate enhancing composition;
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- the addition of at least one acid or at least one base to adjust the pH of the carbonate enhancing composition to a pH from about 2.5 to about 3.5 at least one time during the preparation of the carbonate enhancing composition.
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