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US 8,557,125 B2Granted
Treatment additives, methods for making and methods for clarifying aqueous media
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSeethalakshmi Suresh, Stephen Robert Vasconcellos, Narain Madhavan, Baraka Kawawa
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Abstract
A coagulant composition includes chitosan, methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and a redox initiator. A coagulant, method for making the coagulant and clarifying wastewater is also provided.
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A method for making a coagulant comprising polymerizing 2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and chitosan in the presence of redox initiators, said redox initiators comprising an oxidizing agent and a reductant therein, and wherein said oxidizing agent is t-butyl hydroperoxide.
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