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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Somil Chandrakant Mehta, Mumbai, IN;
Mahesh R. Sawant, Chester, PA (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Provided are compositions and methods that are useful for clarifying water, reducing turbidity of water, and removing salts from water. The compositions comprise (a) an anionic flocculant comprising at least one of an alkali swellable emulsion (ASE) or hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable emulsion (HASE), and (b) a cationic flocculant comprising (i) an aluminum-containing compound, and (ii) a copolymer of acrylamide and a cationic monomer comprising at least one of a diallyldialkylammonium quaternary compound, acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium quaternary compound, methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium quaternary compound, and mixtures thereof.