Absorbent and biodegradable material
OwnerBrice Patrick MURPHY, Brent MURPHY +1inventors
InventorsBrice Patrick MURPHY, Brent MURPHY, Kent A. MURPHY
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Abstract
A method for producing clusters of glucomannan that remain suspended and evenly distributed when combined with aggregate materials includes utilizing a controlled precipitation of salts from an aqueous-alcoholic solution to form crystalline binder structures that interconnect and agglomerate particles of glucomannan into discrete clusters.
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A method for producing clusters of glucomannan that remain suspended and evenly distributed when combined with aggregate materials, the method comprising utilizing a controlled precipitation of salts from an aqueous-alcoholic solution to form crystalline binder structures that interconnect and agglomerate particles of glucomannan into discrete clusters.
A method for producing salt-bound clusters of glucomannan comprising:
- preparing an aqueous solution containing sodium chloride and ethanol in proportions effective to induce salt crystallization upon drying;
- contacting purified glucomannan powder with the solution to partially wet and aggregate the glucomannan powder, thereby generating wetted particles;
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- drying the wetted particles at a temperature between about 60 degrees C. and 100 degrees C. to remove moisture and form discrete clusters in which precipitated salt crystals interconnect the glucomannan powder as an inorganic binder.
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