Uses for stripped spent silver catalysts
AssigneeAmes Goldsmith Corporation
InventorRonald F. Davies
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Abstract
Spent silver catalysts, from which the recoverable silver has already been stripped, was discovered to be useful for controlling microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, including microorganisms in fluids such as water, or on surfaces to which coatings containing the stripped, spent silver catalysts are applied, and also in and on products in which the stripped, spent silver catalysts are incorporated.
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A method of controlling microorganisms which comprises contacting the microorganisms with a biocidally effective amount of a stripped, spent silver catalyst.
A method of controlling microorganisms which comprises contacting the microorganisms with a biocidally effective amount of a stripped, spent silver catalyst wherein the stripped, spent silver catalyst comprises approximately less than 0.1 percent silver by weight.
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