SINTERED SPHERICAL PELLETS

• Main Authors: CANOVA, STEVE, ELDRED, BENJAMIN, EDMUNDS, MARK, DUENCKEL, ROBERT, WILSON, BRETT ALLEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 16.05.2007
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

Sintered, spherical composite pellets or particles comprising alumina fines, at least one of clay and bauxite and optionally a sintering aid, are described, along with a process for their manufacture. The use of such pellets in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and in grinding is also...