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Title: Retorting of oil shales. [use of Al, Sn, or Ti oxides as oil vapor condensation nuclei]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7296919

Assignee:
US Dept. Interior
Patent Number(s):
US 2981402
OSTI ID:
7296919
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SHALES
RETORTING
ALUMINIUM CHLORIDES
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
TIN OXIDES
TITANIUM OXIDES
VAPORS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
TIN COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
040402* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Surface Methods