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US 12,747,165 B2Granted
Separating ions in water using plastic ice VII
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFausto Martelli, Malgorzata Jadwiga Zimon
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure include a method for separating selected ions in water, a purified water sample, and a controller for a high pressure press. One embodiment of the method may comprise transforming a sample of water into a plastic ice VII block and physically separating a bottom portion of the plastic ice VII block from a top portion of the plastic ice VII block.
Claims18
A method for separating selected ions in water, comprising:
- transforming a sample of water containing the selected ions into a plastic ice VII block;
- and
- physically separating a bottom portion of the plastic ice VII block from a top portion of the plastic ice VII block.
A purified water sample produced by:
- providing a water sample, wherein the water sample contains a plurality of first ions;
- transforming the sample of water into a plastic ice VII block;
- maintaining the plastic ice VII block for a first migration time sufficient for substantially all ions in the water sample to migrate into a first identified portion of the plastic ice VII block;
- and
- inverting the plastic ice block;
- maintaining the plastic ice VII block for a second migration time sufficient for substantially all of the first ions in the water sample to migrate into a second identified portion of the plastic ice VII block;
- and
- physically removing the identified second portion of the plastic ice VII block.
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