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US 6,555,007 B1Granted
Medium and method for binding chlorine gas
AssigneeAgResearch International, Inc.
InventorPeter C. Bilkey
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Abstract
A fiber-based medium and method for binding chlorine gas utilizes sphagnum, a fibrous wetlands plant that is commercially available in dried form as sphagnum moss and sphagnum peat moss. It has been discovered that sphagnum moss is capable of binding up to 10% of its dry weight in chlorine gas, making it significantly more effective than activated carbon as a binding medium for chlorine gas. Sphagnum, sphagnum moss, and sphagnum peat moss each possesses the ability to bind chlorine gas.
Claims5
A method of binding chlorine gas comprising:
- providing organic matter selected from the group consisting of sphagnum, sphagnum moss, and sphagnum peat moss;
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- exposing the organic matter to an atmosphere whose relative humidity can range from 0% to 100% and which contains chlorine gas, to bind chlorine gas from the atmosphere in the organic matter.
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