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EP 0 105 237 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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30.05.1984 Bulletin 1984/22 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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11.04.1984 Bulletin 1984/15 |
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Date of filing: 14.09.1983 |
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30.09.1982 US 431584
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Applicant: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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- Herman, David E.
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Process for the beneficiation of carbonaceous matter employing high shear conditioning |
(57) A process for the production of beneficiated coal and coal slurries having low ash,
and sulfur involving admixing coal in an aqueous medium, under high shear agitation,
with a polymerizable monomer, and a liquid organic carrier thereby rendering said
coal highly hydrophobic and oleophilic.