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New Uses for Spheroidal, Porous 5 Micron Amorphous Silica Particles

39 Submissions
$10,000 USD
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Challenge overview

The Seeker desires suggestions for new and innovative uses for spheriodal, porous 5 micron silica particles (SiO<sub>2</sub>).  The Seeker desires non-traditional uses for these particles, ideally applications with market potentials greater than 10 metric tons per year and where the particle size, distribution and spheriodal nature of the porous particles could bring value to the application.  

The Seeker desires suggestions for new and innovative uses for spheroidal,  porous 5 micron silica particles (SiO<sub>2</sub>). Traditionally amorphous precipitated silica is used in rubber, plastic, cosmetic, oral care, food and pharmaceutical applications. The Seeker desires non-traditional uses for these particles, ideally applications with market potentials greater than 10 metric tons per year and where the particle size, distribution and spheroidal nature of the porous particles could bring value to the application.

This is an Ideation Challenge, which has the following unique features:

  • There is a guaranteed award.  The awards will be paid to the best submission(s) as solely determined by the Seeker. The total payout will be $10,000, with at least one award being no smaller than $5,000 and no award being smaller than $1,000.
  • The Solvers are not required to transfer exclusive intellectual property rights to the Seeker.  Rather, by submitting a proposal, the Solvers grants to the Seeker a royalty-free, perpetual, and non-exclusive license to use any information included in this proposal.

After the Challenge deadline, the Seeker will complete the review process and make a decision with regards to the Winning Solution(s). All Solvers that submitted a proposal will be notified on the status of their submissions; however, no detailed evaluation of individual submissions will be provided.

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