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Oxygen scavenging metal-loaded ion-exchange compositions

US5798055A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 1996
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J2220/46
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An oxygen scavenging composition composed of a carrier material and a metal-loaded cationic exchange material having the metal in a zero valence state. The composition is contained within the interior cavity of a container to scavenge oxygen therein. The composition may form at least a part of the interior surface of the container or be present therein in the form of a film, mat, sachet or ceramic.

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