1. A mixed oxide having the formula (A):
XaYbZcOd.pC\u2003\u2003(A)
optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
C is selected from:
a nitrogenated compound N,
an organic residue deriving from the nitrogenated compound N by partial calcination,
wherein said nitrogenated compound N is selected from:
a) an alkyl ammonium hydroxide of formula (I)
RIRIIRIIIRIVNOH\u2003\u2003(I)
wherein the groups RI, RII, RIII and RIV are the same or different and are aliphatic groups containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms,
b) an amine of formula (II)
R1R2R3N\u2003\u2003(II)
wherein
R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and
R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, said alkyl being equal to or different from R1
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively,
p is the weight percentage of C with respect to the total weight of the compound of formula (A),
a, b, c, d are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al
and p is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 40%.
2. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, having a formula (A1):
XaYbZcOd\u2003\u2003(A1)
optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively and are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al.
3. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, having a formula (A2):
XaYbZcOd.pC\u2003\u2003(A2)
optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
C is selected from:
a nitrogenated compound N,
an organic residue deriving from the partial calcination of the nitrogenated compound N,
wherein said nitrogenated compound is selected from:
a) an alkyl ammonium hydroxide of formula (I)
RIRIIRIIIRIVNOH\u2003\u2003(I)
wherein the groups RI, RII, RIII and RIV are the same or different and are aliphatic groups containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms,
b) an amine of formula (II)
R1R2R3N\u2003\u2003(II)
wherein
R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and
R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, said alkyl being equal to or different from R1,
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively,
p is the weight percentage of C with respect to the total weight of the compound of formula (A2)
a, b, c, d are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al
and p is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 40%.
4. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 1, in shaped form with a binder.
5. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, mesoporous, having a surface area, determined after thermal treatment at 550\xb0 C., greater than or equal to 70 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.10 mlg.
6. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, mesoporous, wherein the average pore diameter ranges from 3 to 18 nm.
7. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, mesoporous, having a surface area, determined after thermal treatment at 400\xb0 C., greater than or equal to 90 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.18 mlg.
8. The mixed oxide according to claim 7, containing silicon as element Z, having a surface area greater than or equal to 100 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.20 mlg.
9. The mixed oxide according to claim 7, containing aluminium as element Z, having a surface area greater than or equal to 130 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.30 mlg.
10. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (I) is a tetra-alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl groups, the same as each other, contain from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a trimethyl alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to 7 carbon atoms.
11. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (II) is selected from n-hexyl amine, n-heptyl amine and n-octyl amine.
12. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein X is Ni.
13. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
14. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.
15. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 2, in shaped form with a binder.
16. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 3, in shaped form with a binder.
17. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (I) is a tetra-alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl groups, the same as each other, contain from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a trimethyl alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to 7 carbon atoms.
18. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (II) is selected from n-hexyl amine, n-heptyl amine and n-octyl amine.
19. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein X is Ni.
20. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
21. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.
22. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein X is Ni.
23. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
24. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-18. (canceled)
19. A wireless telephonic communications device comprising:
a directional device for determining the direction of said wireless telephonic communications device;
a locating device for determining the location of said wireless telephonic communications device; and
a location-based program, wherein said location-based program is downloaded wirelessly to said wireless telephonic communications device.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein said location-based program is a location-based video game.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein an additional level of said video game is downloaded.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein an additional level of said video game is downloaded as part of a subscription.
23. The system of claim 19, wherein said video game is downloaded at a cost.
24. The system of claim 19, wherein said video game is rented at a cost.
25. A head-mounted system comprising:
a transparent display, wherein virtual indicia are provided on said transparent display such that a user looking through said transparent display sees the user’s physical environment and said virtual indicia through said transparent display;
a directional device for determining the direction of said head-mounted system; and
a locating device for determining the location of said head-mounted system.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia are associated with a video game.
27. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia are associated with a location-based video game.
28. The system of claim 25, wherein information from said locating device is provided to a remote server.
29. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia is associated with a multiple-player video game, said head-mounted system is associated with a first player of said multiple-player video game, and information for operating said multiple-player video game is received from a remote device associated with a second player of said multiple-player video game.
30. The system of claim 25, wherein said locating device comprises a positioning receiver.
31. The system of claim 25, further comprising a second locating device.
32. The system of claim 25, further comprising:
a second locating device; and
a third locating device.
33. A portable gaming system comprising:
a display;
a locating device; and
a processor for playing a location-based video game based, at least in part, on signals received from said locating device, wherein said location-based video game is provided on a removable cartridge.
34. The system of claim 33, further comprising a second locating device.
35. The system of claim 33, wherein said locating device comprises a positioning receiver.
36. The system of claim 33, further comprising a directional device.
37. The system of claim 33, wherein information associated with said video game is provided to a remote storage device.
38. The system of claim 33, wherein said video game is a multiple-player video game and information associated with a second player of said video game is received by said system and utilized by said video game.