4732748 Finely divided calcium carbonate compositions

4732748 Finely divided calcium carbonate compositions

Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 7, pp. I-X, 1989 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved. 073&725X/89 $3.00 + .oo 0 1989 Pergamon Press plc Copyrig...

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 7, pp. I-X, 1989 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.

073&725X/89 $3.00 + .oo 0 1989 Pergamon Press plc

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in a particular

4732712 STEAM

INJECTION HEATER

fashion-broadly

particle size distribution.

WATER

Gregor Burnham, Jack Kahrs, Anthony

useful in aqueous slurry opacifying fillers for paper.

T Pos-

apparatus by a steam supply conduit which sup-

plies steam to the water supply conduit at a predetermined location between the water inlet end and the water outlet end of the water supply conduit. The steam entering the water supply conduit is controlled by a steam supply control valve located on the steam supply conduit. A pressure differential sensing means senses the difference in pressure along the water supply conduit between a first point in said water supply conduit, upstream of said predetermined location and a second point in the water supply conduit downstream of the predetermined location. A means for controlling the control valve means in response to this sensed pressure differential is also required.

or dry

form

as

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luszny assigned to Leslie Controls Inc An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a supply of water by selective injection of steam is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a water supply conduit which includes a water inlet end and a water outlet end. Steam is supplied to the

stated: in fine

Such compositions are

COMPACT TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC GRADIENT COILS AND DIMENSIONING METHOD THEREFOR Joseph Carlson assigned to The Regents of the University of California

The axial dimensions of the usual saddle coils used to create transverse magnetic gradients in the static magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging system are substantially foreshortened. The outer arc of the saddle coil is moved axially inward while still leaving it at a position which

produces negligible net transverse gradient contribution. While this new position of the outer arc can be expected to produce a significant second (third) derivative of the transverse gradient with respect to Z (the orientation of the static magnetic field) at the predetermined ob-

servation point, the inner arc of the saddle coil may .be moved slightly away from the observa-

4732748 FINELY DIVIDED CALCIUM CARBONATE COMPOSITIONS Robert Stewart, Norman 0 Clark, Yew C Chang assigned to Cyprus Mines Corporation Finely divided, wet-ground, dispersant-free calcium carbonate filler or pigment compositions are disclosed in which the particles of calcium carbonate are distributed in particular amounts

tion point so as to produce a second (third) derivative which substantially cancels that of the relocated outer arc. In this manner, the desired condition of having a net zero second (third) derivative may still be maintained even though the axial dimension of the saddle coil has been substantially reduced (e.g., to about 44% of the traditional axial length in one exemplary embodiment). Such a more compact coil may permit realization of lowered inductance (and thus permit

faster gradient

switching

during

MRI

procedures) or, additional coil turns may be employed while still retaining the same inductance