Methods of use and manufacture of silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite
AssigneesMo-Sci Corporation, The Curators of the University of Missouri
InventorsCheol-Woon KIM, Richard K. BROW, Jen-Hsien HSU
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Abstract
A silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material is provided that can be utilized to capture radioactive iodine, 129I. Methods of using the silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material to remove radioactive iodine, and methods of manufacturing the material are also provided.
Claims25
A material for capturing a radioactive product, comprising a plurality of silver-doped microparticles.
The method of claim 15, further including the application of heat to the powder.
A method of immobilizing a radioactive product with silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material, comprising:
- providing a silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material;
- capturing the radioactive product within the silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material;
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- cold sintering the silver-doped, nano-porous hydroxyapatite material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.