Abstract:
A reactant mixture containing a metal compound, a carbon source, and a boron source having an average agglomerate particle size of up to about 200 νm is heated to convert said mixture to the corresponding metal boride. The resultant metal boride has an average particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 micron.
Abstract:
A process for preparing olefins and diolefins in high productivity which involves contacting an aliphatic hydrocarbon, such as butane, with a heterogeneous catalyst composition containing reactive oxygen under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a more highly unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon, such as 1,3-butadiene. The catalyst composition contains a glassy silica matrix of specified surface area and macroporosity into which are encapsulated domains of a catalyst component containing oxides of magnesium and molybdenum. The catalyst has high crush strength and is useful in transport reactors.
Abstract:
A boron carbide/titanium diboride composite ceramic powder is disclosed produced by mixing boron carbide and a titanium source, such that the average reactant particle size is less than 20 micrometers and substantially all discrete reactant areas are less than 50 micrometers, followed by heating the mixture wherein the boron carbide particles form substrates to which the titanium diboride particles are attached. The resulting powder has boron carbide and titanium diboride particles less than 20 micrometers in diameter. This powder can then be densified to form a part wherein the titanium diboride grains have an average size of less than 20 micrometers and the boron carbide grains having an average size of less than 50 micrometers. Because of the uniformity of initial dispersion, the densified part shows a microstructure that is also very uniform in distribution of boron carbide and titanium diboride.