Gel bead composition for metal adsorption

Patent · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:867652

Scott, Charles D ^[1]; Woodward, Charlene A ^[1]; Byers, Charles H ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN

The invention is a gel bead comprising propylene glycol alginate and bone gelatin and is capable of removing metals such as Sr and Cs from solution without adding other adsorbents. The invention could have application to the nuclear industry's waste removal activities.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• Assignee: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4978647
• OSTI ID: 867652
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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