Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for preparing a rare earth borate by reacting together at least one rare earth salt, boric acid and a base. The process is characterized in that the reaction is carried out using an excess of acid with respect to the stoichiometry and under conditions such that the pH of the reaction medium at the end of the reaction is in the range of 6 to 8. The precipitate formed is then recovered and calcined. The phase purity of the borate obtained is good and it can be used as a luminophore.
Abstract:
An improved material in the form of rare-earth borate, its precursor(s) and a luminophore made thereof is provided. The material is characterizable as comprising spherical, cubic or parallelepipedal particles having an average particle size not more than 10 &mgr;m, over a narrow particle size distribution (dispersion index not greater than 0.8). The material may comprise a rare earth element having that lacks luminescence in combination with a dopant.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a compound based on an alkaline-earth metal, on sulphur and on aluminium, on gallium or indium, to its process of preparation and to its use as luminophore. The compound of the invention corresponds to the formula AB2S4, in which A represents an alkaline-earth metal and B aluminum, gallium, or indium and it is characterized in that it is provided in the form of a powder with a residual oxygen content of not more that 1.5% and composed of particles with a mean size of not more than 10 &mgr;m. This compound is obtained by a process which contains the following stages: a solution or a suspension comprising salts of the elements A and B is formed, the solution or the suspension is dried by atomization and the product obtained in the preceding stages is reacted with carbon disulphide or with a mixture of hydrogen sulphide and or carbon disulphide. The compound of the invention can be used as a luminophore, in particular in cathodoluminescence.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a rare-earth borate, to a precursor thereof, to processes for their preparation and to the use of this borate as a luminophore. The rare-earth borate and the precursor thereof are characterized in that they are in the form of cubic, parallelepipedal or spherical particles and in that they have a dispersion index of not more than 0.8. According to one embodiment of the invention, the borate is a red luminophore. The process for the preparation of the precursor is characterized in that a rare-earth carbonate or hydroxycarbonate is reacted with boric acid, the reaction medium being in the form of an aqueous solution. The borate is obtained by calcination of the precursor.
Abstract:
Thermally/chemically stable and nontoxic inorganic pigments/colorants, characteristically green and well suited for the coloration of a wide variety of materials and substrates, for example, plastics, ceramics, etc., comprise at least one mixed oxide of the formula: R2MxM′yO5 in which R is at least one element selected from among yttrium and a rare earth having an atomic number ranging from 62 to 71, inclusive, M and M′, which may be identical or different, are each at least one metallic element exhibiting at least one valence state of +2, and x and y are numbers, the sum x+y of which is equal to 2.
Abstract:
Storage-stable colloidal organic sols comprise suspended tetravalent metal oxide particulates in an organic diluent medium, notably cerium dioxide particulates, the tetravalent metal oxide particulates having a particle size d90 no greater than 200 nanometers and being complexed with at least one amphiphilic organic acid, and either said tetravalent metal oxide particulates comprising agglomerates of crystallites, the d80 of which being no greater than 5 nanometers and at least 90% of said agglomerates comprising from 1 to 5 crystallites, and/or said at least one amphiphilic organic acid has from 11 to 50 carbon atoms and is branched in at least one of the &agr;-, &bgr;-, &ggr;- or &dgr;-positions relative to the atom bearing the acidic hydrogen.
Abstract:
Unique colorant compositions, well suited for the pigmentation of a wide variety of coatings and substrates, e.g., cosmetics, plastics, paints and rubbers, comprise (1) at least one crystalline rare earth metal sulfide or sesquisulfide, for example cubic cerium sesquisulfide Ce.sub.2 S.sub.3, and (2) a dopant amount of at least one alkali metal, and wherein the at least one rare earth metal sulfide or sesquisulfide comprises whole (unground) monocrystalline grains thereof having a mean particle size of at most 1.5 .mu.m.
Abstract translation:独特的着色剂组合物,非常适合各种涂料和基材(例如化妆品,塑料,油漆和橡胶)的着色,包括(1)至少一种结晶稀土金属硫化物或倍半硫化物,例如立方三硫化铈Ce 2 S 3, 和(2)至少一种碱金属的掺杂剂量,并且其中所述至少一种稀土金属硫化物或倍半硫化物包含平均粒度至多为1.5μm的全(未研磨)单晶晶粒。
Abstract:
Alkaline-earth metal- and copper- and optionally titanium-based silicates in the form of agglomerates consisting either of monocrystalline grains or of aggregates themselves consisting of monocrystalline particles.These silicates are prepared by a process including the following stages: a silica sol or a silicate and optionally a titanium sol is mixed with salts of the other constituent elements of the silicate with the exception of oxygen; the mixture thus obtained is dried, preferably by spraying, and the product obtained is calcined. The silicates may be employed as colored pigments in plastics, paints, varnishes, rubbers, ceramics, glazes, papers, inks, cosmetic products, dyes and laminated coatings.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a compound of the LaMO3 type, M being aluminum, gallium or indium, in the form of a powder or in sintered form, its process of preparation and its use as an oxygen conductor. The compound in powder form is capable of achieving, by pressureless sintering, a density of at least 93% of the theoretical density and of giving a sintered compound substantially free of any electrically active secondary phase of the grain boundaries. The compound in powder form is obtained by the reaction of the salts of lanthanum and of the element M with a base, and then the separation and calcining of the precipitate obtained. It may also be obtained by mixing, in a liquid medium, salts of lanthanum, and of the element M and, optionally, of a base, and then spray-drying and calcining the precipitate obtained. The sintered compound may be used in any application requiring an oxygen-conducting material in oxide form, such as solid-oxide fuel cells.
Abstract:
The composition is based on a samarium sesquisulphide, it exhibits a samarium purity with respect to other rare earth metals of greater than 99% and it comprises at least one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal element, at least a portion of which is included in the crystal lattice of the said sesquisulphide. According to another embodiment, the composition is based on a sesquisulphide of samarium and of at least one rare earth metal which is solely trivalent and it comprises at least one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal element, at least a portion of which is included in the crystal lattice of the said sesquisulphide. According to a third embodiment, the composition exhibits a samarium purity such that the cerium content is less than 1%. The process consists in reacting samarium, trivalent rare earth metal and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compounds with a gaseous mixture of hydrogen sulphide and of carbon disulphide.