Title:
LIGHT WEIGHT PROPPANT WITH IMPROVED STRENGTH AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/051026
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods are described to make strong, tough, and/or lightweight glass-ceramic composites having a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides and other materials. The present invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.
Inventors:
CHATTERJEE DILIP (US)
PHAM JODY (US)
WU SHANGHUA (US)
XIE YUMING (US)
COKER CHRISTOPHER E (US)
PHAM JODY (US)
WU SHANGHUA (US)
XIE YUMING (US)
COKER CHRISTOPHER E (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/055010
Publication Date:
July 26, 2012
Filing Date:
October 06, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OXANE MATERIALS INC (US)
CHATTERJEE DILIP (US)
PHAM JODY (US)
WU SHANGHUA (US)
XIE YUMING (US)
COKER CHRISTOPHER E (US)
CHATTERJEE DILIP (US)
PHAM JODY (US)
WU SHANGHUA (US)
XIE YUMING (US)
COKER CHRISTOPHER E (US)
International Classes:
C09K8/50; C09K8/60; C09K8/80
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008028074A2 | 2008-03-06 |
Foreign References:
| US20080135245A1 | 2008-06-12 | |||
| US20090038797A1 | 2009-02-12 | |||
| US20090288820A1 | 2009-11-26 | |||
| US20060016598A1 | 2006-01-26 | |||
| US4921820A | 1990-05-01 | |||
| US20110160104A1 | 2011-06-30 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2627727A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KILYK, Luke, A. (P.L.L.C.400 Holiday Court, Suite 10, Warrenton VA, US)
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