Antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal article and process for producing same
AssigneeSumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeijiro Shigeru, Takako Yazawa, Yoshitomo Inoue, Yasuyuki Kurino
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Abstract
An antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal article includes an antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal component, for example, silver and copper, an alloy thereof or a compound thereof diffused from a surface into the inside of the surface portion of an article, for example, a metal, glass or ceramic article.
Claims3
An antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal article characterized in that an antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal component has been diffused from a surface into the inside of the surface portion of the article.
A process for producing an antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal article comprising:
- coating a fine particle dispersion or solution of an antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal component on a desired surface of an article;
- and heating the coated article to cause the antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal component to diffuse from the surface into the inside of the surface portion of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.