Sorbent articles
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsWilliam C. Whitcomb, Thomas I. Insley, Simon S. Fung
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Abstract
A microfibrous sorbent article is provided. The microfibrous sorbent article comprises an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section. The boom is formed of multiple adjacent microfibers layers, the layers being bonded to each other by entanglement of fibers between adjacent layers. The boom further contains ion exchange resin, selectively absorbent particulate material, catalytic agent or selectively reactive particulate material.
Claims6
A microfibrous sorbent article comprising an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section, said boom being formed of multiple adjacent microfibers layers, said layers being bonded to each other by entanglement of fibers between adjacent layers and ion exchange, selectively absorbent, selectively reactive or catalytic particulate material.
A microfibrous sorbent article comprising an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section, said boom being formed of multiple adjacent microfiber layers, said layers being bonded to each other by entanglement of fibers between adjacent layers and selectively absorbent particulate chitosan.
A microfibrous sorbent article comprising an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section, said boom being formed of multiple adjacent microfiber layers, said layers being bonded to each other by entanglement of fibers between adjacent layers and selectively reactive particulate elemental iron.
A microfibrous sorbent article comprising an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section, said boom being formed of multiple adjacent microfiber layers, said layers being bonded to each other by entanglement of fibers between adjacent layers and palladium-on-carbon particulate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.