Tha Altair TiO2 pigment process and its extension into the field of nanomaterials

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1065, 2002, Pages 89-94

  Verhulst, Dirk ^a   Sabacky, Bruce ^a   Spitler, Timothy ^a   Duyvesteyn, Willem ^a  

^a Altair Nanotechnologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid leaching; Distillation; Ilmenite; Nanomaterials; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; ILMENITE; LEACHING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PIGMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AQUEOUS STREAM;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

ILMENITE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEACHING; TITANIUM;

EID: 0036817983     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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