Absorbents
US5897845A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J20/3078
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Absorbent granules comprising an intimate mixture of particles of alumina trihydrate, 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of particles of a sodium component selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and mixtures thereof per part by weight of said alumina trihydrate and from 5 to 20% by weight of a binder, said alumina trihydrate, sodium component and binder being present in such proportions that, after ignition of a sample of the granules at 900.degree. C., the sample has a sodium oxide, Na.sub.2 O, content of at least 20% by weight. Processes for manufacturing such absorbent granules and for using such absorbent granules for the removal of acidic gases are also disclosed.
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