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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Applicant:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
James M. Tour, Houston, TX (US);
Bing Deng, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B09C 1/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and system for soil remediation by flash Joule heating. A contaminated soil that includes organic pollutants and/or one or more metal pollutants can be mixed with carbon black or other conductive additive to form a mixture. The mixture then undergoes flash Joule heating to clean the soil (by the decomposing of the organic pollutants and/or removing of the one or more toxic metals, such as by vaporization).
Tour, James. (2026). Ultrafast flash joule heating synthesis methods and systems for performing same (U.S. Patent No. 12703018). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12703018
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