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US 7,926,567 B2Granted
Method for controlled gelation of silicates
AssigneeCleansorb Limited
InventorsRalph Edmund Harris, Ian Donald McKay
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Abstract
A process for forming a gel, which process comprises mixing an alkaline silicate solution with a polymer in solid form, the polymer being capable of being converted by hydrolysis into one or more organic acids; and allowing the polymer to release sufficient acid to cause formation of a silicate gel.
Claims25
A process for forming a gel, which process comprises:
- mixing an alkaline silicate solution with a polymer in solid form, the polymer being capable of being converted by hydrolysis into one or more organic acids;
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- allowing the polymer to release sufficient acid to cause formation of a silicate gel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.