Method of manufacturing an adsorbent and resulting composition of matter
AssigneeUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
InventorsDaniel Dianchen Gang, Qiyu Lian, Mark Zappi
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Abstract
The present invention covers a novel method for creating an adsorbent and the resulting novel adsorbent. The method may be used to remove pollutants/unwanted chemicals from water, air, other gases, biological fluids (such as blood, urine, lipids, protein fluids), and other fluids (such as fuel). The adsorbent may be used to remove heavy metals (for example, lead), organic pollutants, inorganic non-meal pollutants (for example, nitrates and bromates). Accordingly, the current invention has many applications including but not limited to water treatment, wastewater treatment, biomedical fluid treatments, gas cleanup, and fuel (oil, gas) cleanup.
Claims15
A method for creating an adsorbent comprising the steps of:
- a. preparing a silica template;
- b. synthesizing ordered mesopours carbon by combining said silica template with sucrose, sulfuric acid, and water to form a mixture, carbonizing said mixture, then washing said mixture to remove said silica, and then filtering the resulting carbonized and washed mixture until the pH is between 6.5 and 7.5;
- c. introducing a set amount of nitric acid on to the surface of said ordered mesopours carbon to create a nitric acid carbon mixture;
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- d. dosing said nitric acid carbon mixture with a set amount of phosphoric acid to create a nitric acid-phosphoric acid modified ordered mesopours carbon.
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