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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. 02, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Hay, Dudley, MA (US);
Craig A Willkens, Sterling, MA (US);
Arsenault, Normand P, Holden, MA (US);
Assignee:
Norton Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210490 ; 21050025 ; 427245 ;
Abstract
Strong and durable silicon nitride filtration membranes with effective separating layers having effective pore diameters less than about 1 micron are produced by depositing a source of silicon onto a porous microfilter support, removing any liquid used in the depositing, and subjecting the silicon source to nitridation conditions. Suitable sources of silicon include silicon per se and silica. When silica is used, a suitable reducing agent is deposited therewith to reduce the silica to silicon in situ.