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Alum pellets

US7001534B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 2004
Grant dateFeb 21, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/906
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Compositions including pellets of alum, a smectite mineral material, and optionally sodium or calcium carbonate, that can be delivered to a phosphate impoundment located at or near the bottom of a body of water. The pellets of alum, smectite mineral material and optionally sodium or calcium carbonate are dropped in a body of water, and the alum is released over time, as the pellet descends to the bottom of the body of water.

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