POROUS ALUMINOSILICATE COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTAMINANT METAL REMOVAL IN WATER TREATMENT

• Main Authors: DE SILVA, Wathudura Indika Namal, YILMAZ, Bilge, YILDIRIM, Ismail, SIGMAN, Michael B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 14.05.2021
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

The present technology provides an adsorbent material that includes a silicate composition, wherein the silicate composition includes a crystalline phase; wherein the silicate composition may have an interconnected porous scaffold having a total mercury (Hg) pore volume of about 0.005 cc/g to about 0.25 cc/g for pores having a diameter of about 20- 10,000 Å and a total nitrogen (N) pore volume of about 0.02 cc/g to about 0.1 cc/g for pores having a diameter of about 20-600 Å. La présente technologie concerne un matériau adsorbant qui comprend une composition de silicate, la composition de silicate comprenant une phase cristalline; la composition de silicate pouvant avoir un échafaudage poreux interconnecté ayant un volume total de pores de mercure (Hg) d'environ 0,005 cc/g à environ 0,25 cc/g pour des pores ayant un diamètre d'environ 20 à 10000 Å et un volume total de pores d'azote total (N) d'environ 0,02 cc/g à environ 0,1 cc/g pour des pores ayant un diamètre d'environ 20 à 600 Å.