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Invention SummaryU-6110 is a proppant – a solid material designed to keep hydraulic fractures open during mining – for use in fracking. Fracking is a process of mining for natural fuel resources that is done by creating fissures in the earth and then pumping proppant in to hold the fissures open before they are closed due to geological...

Published: 6/4/2019 | Inventor(s): Taylor Sparks, John Mclennan, Kyu Bum Han

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Category(s): Materials, Ceramics

Thermally Stable, High Surface Area Composite Ceria/Silica Aerogels **Value Express**

Invention Summary This invention describes methods to create thermally stable high surface area aerogels containing cerium oxide (ceria). Aerogels are solid materials that are very porous, similar to swiss cheese or lava rock. Aerogels are very lightweight and have very high surface areas (e.g. >500m2/g). The difference is, unlike the holes (or...

Published: 7/17/2019 | Inventor(s): Edward Eyring, Richard Ernst, Gregory Turpin, Brian Dunn

Keywords(s): Chemicals, Materials and Mining

Category(s): Materials, Ceramics