US 7,576,033 B2
Process for producing Bi12MO20 particles and photo-conductor layer for radiation imaging panels
Shigeru Nakamura, Kanagawa-ken (Japan)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/370,997.
Claims priority of application No. 2005/065128 (JP), filed on Mar. 09, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0204423 A1, Sep. 14, 2006
Int. Cl. B01J 23/18 (2006.01); B01J 23/14 (2006.01); C01B 33/20 (2006.01); C01G 29/00 (2006.01); C01G 19/02 (2006.01); C01G 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 502—353  [502/349; 423/326; 423/594.7; 423/618] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for producing Bi12MO20 particles, in which M represents an element selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge, the process comprising the steps of:
i) preparing an alkaline solution of an alkali-soluble compound, which is selected from the group consisting of an alkali-soluble silicon compound and an alkali-soluble germanium compound,
ii) preparing a water-soluble bismuth compound solution, and
iii) subjecting the alkaline solution and the water-soluble bismuth compound solution to mixing processing with agitation at a temperature of at least 80° C. by use of a shearing agitator comprising a rotating blade and a stator,
whereby the alkaline solution and the water-soluble bismuth compound solution are allowed to react with each other;
wherein the mixing processing with agitation is performed while each of the alkaline solution and the water-soluble bismuth compound solution is being added at a certain feed rate to an alkaline mother liquor having been heated to a temperature of at least 80° C.