Patent ID: 10017689

Abstract:
Crush-resistant proppant particulates comprising proppant particulates at least partially coated with a polymeric material and inorganic particles, wherein the polymeric material comprises an organic polymeric material, or an inorganic polymeric material, or a combination thereof, wherein the organic polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of an organosilane, an organophosphonate, a polycarboxylic compound, a triazine, a resin comprising a silane coupling agent, and any combination thereof, wherein the inorganic polymeric material is aluminosilicate compound, and wherein the inorganic particle is between about 1 nm to about 10 μm in diameter and selected from the group consisting of alumina, boron carbide, boron nitride, silicate, glass, silicon carbide, silica, quartz, copper oxide, a microfiber, a nanofiber, core-shell, graphene, sodium silicate, sodium metasilicate, and any combination thereof.