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US 8,802,769 B2Granted
Medium for the stabilization and utility of volatile or liquid hydrides of boron
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsPremKumar Sivasubramanian, Narayanankutty Pariyadath
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Abstract
A stabilized composition containing a metal hydride of boron, including complex metal hydrides of boron, in a polyalkylsiloxane amorphous fumed silica mixture is provided. In a preferred embodiment the composition is a stabilized mixture of aluminum borohydride, polydimethylsiloxane and amorphous fumed silica. A method to prepare the stabilized mixture is also provided.
Claims13
A composition, comprising:
- i) a metal borohydride salt of Formula (II):
- M(BH4)x (II)
- wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, and zirconium;
- and x is an integer from 3-4;
- ii) a polydialkylsiloxane selected from the group consisting of polydimethylsiloxane, polydiethylsiloxane, polydipropylsiloxane, and polydibutylsiloxane;
- and
- iii) an amorphous fumed silica.
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