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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
David S. Soane, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Nathan Ashcraft, Somerville, MA (US);
David S. Soane, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Nathan Ashcraft, Somerville, MA (US);
Soane Mining, LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are presented for removing an ionic material from a fluid using a capture polymer that sequesters the ionic material and an anchor particle bearing a tethering polymer. The tethering polymer complexes with the capture polymer after the capture polymer has sequestered the ionic material, thereby affixing a complex of capture polymer and ionic material to the anchor particle to form a removable complex. The removable material can be segregated from the fluid via a removal system, thereby removing the ionic material from the fluid.