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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Lansbarkis, El Dorado, CA (US);
Assignee:
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95120 ; 95126 ; 95143 ; 95148 ;
Abstract
The purge and trap procedure commonly used for analysis of volatile organic compounds in water or air can be significantly improved using traps employing clays and modified clays as adsorbents. Examples of clays include attapulgite clay, attapulgite clay modified with tetrasodiumpyrophosphate, carboxymethylcellulose and the combination thereof, kaolin clay, kaolin clay modified with tetrasodiumpyrophosphate, carboxymethylcellulose or the combination thereof, and mixtures of the above clays.