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US 2025/0144594 A1Published application
Treatment of Carbon for Contaminant Removal
AssigneeIonic Water Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGeorge W. ADAMSON, David STEIN, Cassidy Rae SCHNEIDER, Victoria KORN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of treating carbon to improve its ability to capture and retain contaminants, and also relates to treated carbon produced by such methods. Treatment of the carbon includes contacting the carbon with (a) a hydroxide and/or a peroxide, and (b) one or more cations selected from Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Sr2+, Al3+, B3+, and Fe3+.
Claims36
A method of treating carbon to improve its capacity for contaminant removal, the method comprising:
- contacting carbon with (a) a hydroxide and/or a peroxide, and (b) one or more cations selected from Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Sr2+, Al3+, B3+, and Fe3+.
A treated carbon produced by a method comprising:
- contacting the carbon with (a) a hydroxide and/or a peroxide, and (b) one or more cations selected from Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Sr2+, Al3+, B3+, and Fe3+.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.