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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999

Filed:

Nov. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

David E Salt, Highland Park, NJ (US);

Ilya Raskin, Manalapan, NJ (US);

Nanda P Kumar, New Brunswick, NJ (US);

Slavik Douchenkov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75712 ; 210602 ; 405128 ; 423D / ; 588256 ;
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for remediating soil contaminated with Cr(VI) by reducing the Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in the soil. The method involves contacting the contaminated soil with a plant that accomplishes the reduction. Removal of the plant from the environment is not required; in fact, preferred embodiments of the invention involve plowing the plant back into the soil environment and replanting the soil.


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Salt, David. (1999). Conversion of metal oxidation states by phytoreduction (U.S. Patent No. 5928406). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5928406

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