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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Roy S. Brown, Worthington, OH (US);
Joseph A. Rossin, Columbus, OH (US);
James E. Kotary, Columbus, OH (US);
Gyleen Fitzgerald, Churchville, MD (US);
Karl G. Gerhart, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Helen A. Mearns, Fallston, MD (US);
Richard A. Newton, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Joseph H. Keller, West Chester, PA (US);
Douglas B. Mawhinney, Ithaca, NY (US);
John T. Yates, Jr., Allison Park, PA (US);
Roy S. Brown, Worthington, OH (US);
Joseph A. Rossin, Columbus, OH (US);
James E. Kotary, Columbus, OH (US);
Gyleen Fitzgerald, Churchville, MD (US);
Karl G. Gerhart, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Helen A. Mearns, Fallston, MD (US);
Richard A. Newton, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Joseph H. Keller, West Chester, PA (US);
Douglas B. Mawhinney, Ithaca, NY (US);
John T. Yates, Jr., Allison Park, PA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides reactive sorbents and methods of making and using the same in order to decontaminate surfaces contaminated with toxic agents, such as chemical warfare agents and/or industrial toxins. The reactive sorbents are of two general types, one of which comprises dehydroxylated aluminum oxide and the other comprises porous carbon impregnated with a reactive solution, so that both sorbents take up and then detoxify toxic agents.