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Metal complexing

US6077421A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 1996
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G29/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composition including a solid substrate, a metal chelant, and a saturated hydrocarbon linker attached between the substrate and the chelant. The position is used in the method for removing from a liquid medium a metal having atomic number equal to or greater than 27, the method including the steps of passing the liquid medium through the composition that is in solid, particulate form and separating the medium from the composition.

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