1438results about "Niobium compounds" patented technology

Pressed material such as anodes are described and formed from oxygen reduced oxide powders using additives, such as binders and / or lubricants. Methods to form the pressed material are also described, such as with the use of atomizing, spray drying, fluid bed processing, microencapsulation, and / or coacervation.

Surface acoustic wave device having a high k<2>, and a frequency filter, oscillator, electronic circuit and electronic device employing this surface acoustic wave device is provided, wherein a first oxide thin film layer comprising SrO or MgO and a second oxide thin film layer comprising SrTiO3 are sequentially formed on top of a (110) Si substrate, or a first oxide thin film layer comprising CeO2, ZrO2 or yttrium-stabilized zirconia and a second oxide thin film layer comprising SrTiO3 are sequentially formed on top of a (100) Si substrate, a KNbO3 piezoelectric thin film being then formed on top of either of these second oxide thin film layers, and then, a protective film comprising oxide or nitride is formed on top of the KNbO3 piezoelectric thin film, finally, at least one electrode is formed on top of this protective film, to form a surface acoustic wave device, which surface acoustic wave device is employed to form a frequency filter, oscillator, electronic circuit, or electronic device.

A method is described for preparing a niobium suboxide represented by the formula, NbOx, in which 0.7<x<1.3. The method involves reacting NbOy (in which y<1.8<2.1) with a stoichiometric amount of niobium metal, in the presence of hydrogen. The niobium suboxide produced by such method may be used to fabricate anodes for solid electrolyte capacitors.

A niobium suboxide powder comprising 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium is described. The niobium suboxide powder may (alternatively or in addition to 100 to 600 ppm of magnesium) further include 50 to 400 ppm of molybdenum and / or tungsten. The niobium suboxide powder is suitable for the production of: capacitors having an insulator layer of niobium pentoxide; capacitor anodes produced from the niobium suboxide powder; and corresponding capacitors.

Disclosed are sintered bodies that include: (a) 30 to 100 mol % of NbOx, wherein 0.5<x<1.5; and (b) 0 to 70 mol % of MgO. The sintered bodies may be used as inert apparatuses in the production of niobium suboxide powder or niobium suboxide anodes, or as chemically resistant components in chemical apparatuses.

A homogeneous ceria-based mixed-metal oxide, useful as a catalyst support, a co-catalyst and / or a getter has a relatively large surface area per weight, typically exceeding 150 m<2> / g, a structure of nanocrystallites having diameters of less than 4 nm, and including pores larger than the nanocrystallites and having diameters in the range of 4 to about 9 nm. The ratio of pore volumes, VP, to skeletal structure volumes, VS, is typically less than about 2.5, and the surface area per unit volume of the oxide material is greater than 320 m<2> / cm<3>, for low internal mass transfer resistance and large effective surface area for reaction activity. The mixed metal oxide is ceria-based, includes Zr and or Hf, and is made by a novel co-precipitation process. A highly dispersed catalyst metal, typically a noble metal such as Pt, may be loaded on to the mixed metal oxide support from a catalyst metal-containing solution following a selected acid surface treatment of the oxide support. Appropriate ratioing of the Ce and other metal constituents of the oxide support contribute to it retaining in a cubic phase and enhancing catalytic performance. Rhenium is preferably further loaded on to the mixed-metal oxide support and passivated, to increase the activity of the catalyst. The metal-loaded mixed-metal oxide catalyst is applied particularly in water gas shift reactions as associated with fuel processing systems, as for fuel cells.