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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:
Apr. 21, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pedro B Macedo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Aaron Barkatt, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; G21F / ; G21F / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210679 ; 210682 ; 210684 ; 252628 ; 252629 ; 252630 ; 252631 ; 502407 ; 502417 ;
Abstract
A composition comprising a support such as a porous silicate glass or silica gel or charcoal having interconnected pores and containing heavy metal cations of mercury, thallium, silver, platinum, palladium, lead or copper capable of forming a stable complex with an anion bonded to the support. The preferred heavy metal cation is a mercury cation. The composition is especially useful for removing radioactive iodine from liquid and gaseous waste streams.