Light weight proppant with improved strength and methods of making same

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PATENT NO 9796915
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14810280

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Methods are described to make strong, tough, and lightweight whisker-reinforced glass-ceramic composites through a self-toughening structure generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides. The invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.

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  • HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chatterjee, Dilip K Houston, US 161 3285
Coker, Christopher E Houston, US 37 1655
Miller, Andrew Houston, US 181 3589
Pham, Jody Houston, US 4 40
Wu, Shanghua Houston, US 24 527
Xie, Yuming Houston, US 80 1175

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