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US 5,855,899 AGranted
Material method and apparatus for inhibiting microbial growth in an aqueous medium
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsGregory Nigel Batts, Karen Leeming, Christopher Peter Moore, Danielle Wettling
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Abstract
A biocidal material comprises a biocide immobilized in a porous inorganic polymer network such as a sol-gel matrix. The polymer may be coated on an inorganic support. The material can be used for inhibiting microbial growth in an aqueous medium, e.g., the wash solution of a photoprocessing system. The material can be housed in a flow-through container.
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A biocidal material comprising a biocide and an inorganic carrier that is a porous SiO.sub.2 /TiO.sub.2 sol-gel matrix in which the biocide is immobilized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.