Low temperature catalyst for disk drives article and method
AssigneeDonaldson Company, Inc.
InventorStanley B. Miller, III
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Abstract
An article and method for degrading volatile organic compounds in an electronic enclosure is disclosed. The method comprises providing a substrate, such as a scrim material, and applying a catalyst to the substrate. The catalyst typically includes a base metal. The substrate and catalyst material are placed into a disk drive (or other electronic) enclosure where they help in degradation of organic compounds, in particular volatile organic compounds. In certain implementations the base metal is selected from the group of manganese, vanadium, nickel, copper, cobalt, chromium, iron, or combinations thereof.
Claims19
An article for reducing volatile organic compounds in an electronic enclosure, the article comprising:
- a scrim material;
- and
- a base metal catalyst coating the scrim;
- wherein the base metal catalyst reduces volatile organic compounds at a temperature of less than 100° C.
A method of degrading volatile organic compounds in an electronic enclosure, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- applying a catalyst to the substrate;
- and
- placing the substrate and catalyst material into an electronic enclosure;
- wherein the catalyst comprises a base metal.
An electronic enclosure containing an article for reducing volatile organic compounds in an electronic enclosure, the electronic enclosure containing article comprising:
- a scrim material;
- and
- a base metal catalyst coating the scrim;
- wherein the base metal catalyst reduces volatile organic compounds at a temperature of less than 100° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.