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Process for rapid production of colloidal particles

US5704556A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 1996
Grant dateJan 6, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/90
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a process for rapidly producing colloidal particles a feedstock of particles less than a micron in size is provided to a stirred media mill, along with ceramic beads less than 100 microns in size. The mill is filled to a volume in excess of 90%, and operated at tip speeds in excess of 20 meters/second with a residence time less than about two minutes; thereby producing particles having an average particle size less than about 0.1 micron from the feedstock.

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