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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacob Block, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106699 ; 106 1405 ; 106625 ; 106716 ; 106717 ; 106772 ; 106734 ; 106815 ; 106 1813 ; 106 1814 ; 4231671 ; 428688 ; 428703 ; 588242 ; 588254 ; 588901 ; 427427 ;
Abstract
A composition for transforming a chrysotile asbestos-containing material into a non-asbestos material is disclosed, wherein the composition comprises water, at least about 30% by weight of an inorganic acid, and from about 0.1 to about 4% by weight of a tetrafluoroborate of ammonia, an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. A method of transforming the asbestos-containing material into a non-asbestos material using the present composition also is disclosed.