Altair Nanotechnologies Invited to Present At the ``Chloride Metallurgy 2002'' Conference in Montreal.Business Editors RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 Dr. Dirk Verhulst To Present A Scientific Paper Pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to Altair's Recently Patented TiO2 Pigment Process Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Nasdaq:ALTI), announced today that Dr. Dirk Verhulst, Manager, Engineering of the company's Nanomaterials subsidiary, has been invited to present at the 32nd Annual Hydrometallurgy hydrometallurgy Extraction of metal from ore by dissolving the metal (as one of its salts) and then recovering it from the solution. The operations usually involved are leaching (dissolving in water), commonly with additional agents; separating the waste and purifying the Meeting organized by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is a technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. It was founded in 1898. In 2006, the organization had 12,000 national members. ("CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. ") being held at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal October 19 through October 23, 2002. The conference pertains to the practice and theory of chloride metal interaction. Dr. Verhulst will be presenting a paper entitled The Altair TiO2 Pigment Process And Its Extension In The Field Of Nanomaterials, on Tuesday, October 22 at 11 AM. The paper, coauthored by Altair's Dr. Bruce J. Sabacky, Timothy M. Spitler, RM/SRA, and Dr. Willem Duyvesteyn, will be published in the October 2002 issue of "CIM Bulletin." The paper pertains to Altair's patented titanium dioxide pigment process, which formed the platform for the development of Altair's patented nanomaterial technologies. Altair was awarded its first patent "Processing Titaniferous ti·tan·if·er·ous adj. Containing or yielding titanium. Ore to Titanium Dioxide Pigment" by the US patent Office in April 2002. This was the first comprehensive patent for TiO2 pigment production since the DuPont patents were awarded for the chloride process The Chloride process is used to purify titanium dioxide from minerals containing at least 90 % titanium dioxide. In this process, the feedstock is heated at 900 °C with carbon and chlorine gas, giving titanium tetrachloride. over 50 years. TiO2 is the most widely used white pigment in the world as coatings, plastics, ceramics, inks, and fibers all depend on white pigments to impart color and opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). . The market has an annual valuation of over $9 billion. Altair recently announced that it has entered into its first service agreement with one of the largest materials companies in the Asian Pacific Region to determine the suitability of this company's concentrates to produce titanium dioxide pigment using Altair's patented process. The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is the leading technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. With over 12,000 national members, CIM strives to be the association of choice for professionals in the minerals industries. To obtain additional information about this conference, please visit www.cim.org. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Nanotechnology is rapidly emerging as a unique industry sector. Altair Nanotechnologies is positioning itself through product innovation within this emerging industry to become a leading supplier of nanomaterials and technology worldwide. Altair owns a proprietary technology for making nanocrystalline materials of unique quality both economically and in large quantities. The company is currently developing special nanomaterials with potential applications in pharmaceuticals, fuel cells, solar cells, advanced energy storage devices, thermal spray Thermal Spray techniques are coating processes which involve spraying melted (or heated) materials onto a surface. As such thermal spraying is a line-of-sight process. The energy to heat the feedstock (coating precursor) is supplied by electrical (plasma or arc) or chemical means coatings, catalysts, cosmetics, paints and environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a . For additional information on Altair's nanoparticle materials, visit www.altairnano.com. |
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