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Treating coal and other piled materials to inhibit freeze binding

US6495063B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2001
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K3/18
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Coal and other piles of particulates exposed to the weather are inhibited from freezing by treating them with potassium formate.

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