ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,962, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Multiphase structured nanocomposite" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A NiO/MgO/CaCO3/Ca(OH)2/C nanocomposite material includes a monoclinic nickel oxide (NiO) phase, a cubic magnesium oxide (MgO) phase, a hexagonal calcium carbonate (CaCO3) phase, and a hexagonal calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) phase. The NiO/MgO/CaCO3/Ca(OH)2/C nanocomposite material has a granular morphology including spherical particles having an average particle diameter in a range from 10 na...