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Article: French Inventors Develop Inorganic Compound with Lamellar Structure
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- July 16, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- Emmanuelle Bougelot of Montgeron, France, Dominique Dupuis of Crepy-en-Valois, France, Gilles Robert of Irigny, France, and Joe Varlet of Dardilly, France, have developed mineral compounds, a method for preparing same and use thereof in thermoplastics materials.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an inorganic compound with a lamellar structure, to its process of preparation and to its use in the reinforcement of macromolecular materials. It relates more specifically to a compound based on zirconium and/or titanium phosphate. The process for the preparation of the compound comprises a stage of treatment at a ...