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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward S Lane, Didcot, GB;
John A Winter, West Hanney, GB;
Assignee:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; G21C / ; C04B / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 80 ; 2523157 ; 252635 ; 264-05 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the treatment of gel materials to remove water therefrom. The invention provides a process for removing water from a gel material by contacting the gel material with a gaseous mixture of an organic compound and a gas. The organic compound, the gas and conditions of contacting are selected such that water is extracted from the gel material and passes into the gaseous mixture. The invention in one embodiment may be used to dry gel materials while maintaining an open porous network therein.