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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Omya International Ag, Oftringen, CH;
Daniel Edward Gerard, Basel, CH;
Martine Poffet, Berne, CH;
Joachim Schoelkopf, Oberkulm, CH;
Michael Skovby, Meilen, CH;
Patrick Arthur Charles Gane, Rothtist, CH;
Omya International AG, Oftringen, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the purification of water and/or dewatering of sludges and/or sediments, to the use of a combination of a phyllosilicate and a surface-treated calcium carbonate for water purification and/or dewatering of sludges and/or sediments, as well as to the use of a combination of a phyllosilicate and a surface-treated calcium carbonate for reducing the amount of polymeric flocculation aids in water and/or sludges and/or sediments and to a composite material comprising at least one surface-treated calcium carbonate, at least one phyllosilicate and impurities originated from different sources obtainable by said process.