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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence Joseph Kindt, Sykesville, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/00 ; B09B 3/00 ; C01F 1/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/00 ; B09B 3/00 ; C01F 1/112 ;
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 acid component, at least about 0.1% by weight of a source of fluoride ions, and a stable foam forming amount of a foaming agent system composed of a non-ionic alkyl polyglycoside alone or with additional non-ionic foaming agents. A method of transforming the asbestos-containing material into a non-asbestos material using the present composition in the form of a foam also disclosed.