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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1992
David Farrar, West Yorkshire, GB;
Peter Flesher, West Yorkshire, GB;
Malcolm Skinner, West Yorkshire, GB;
John Clarke, West Yorkshire, GB;
David Marshall, West Yorkshire, GB;
Allied Colloids Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A water absorbing particulate polymer material wherein the polymer material when in dry powder form has a particle size of about 50 .mu.m to about 500 .mu.m and wherein the particles consist of internally bonded finer particles which finer particles have a size below 50 .mu.m. The process of using the water absorbing polymer, material to convert a wet sticky mass of inorganic particulate such as coal fines into a crumbly or flowable solid. A process using a water absorbing particulate polymer material to convert a wet sticky mass of organic particulate material into a crumbly or flowable solid wherein the organic matter can be, for example, food waste or sewage.