US4401636A
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Novel metal-micelle asbestos and treatment of asbestos and other silicate minerals to reduce their harmful properties
Assignee: FLOW GENERAL Inc A CORP OF
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Filing: 1982-02-08
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Granted: 1983-08-30
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Expires: 2002-02-08
Abstract
Abstract Silicate minerals, including asbestos fibres, are rendered less harmful by forming metal-micelle polymer coatings on the silicate. A metal-micelle polymer coating is formed on a silicate by contacting a silicate mineral, such as asbestos, with a metal-weak base-strong acid aqueous ion system, or a metal-strong base-weak acid ion system. In these systems the metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, aluminum and mixtures of these metals. The product of reacting asbestos fibres with these systems is less irritating to living cells than asbestos fibres and also has substantially the same physical and chemical properties as asbestos fibres and can thus be substituted for asbestos fibres in most technological applications.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl S. Flowers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:06
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B33/00; C01B33/20; C01B33/22; C04; C04B; C04B14/00; C04B14/38; C04B14/40; C04B20/00; C04B20/10; C04B20/1055; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31652
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for making metal-micelle polymer asbestos comprising the step of contacting asbestos fibres with a metal-strong base-weak acid ion system, wherein said system comprises an aqueous solution of a cation from a strong base and an anion from a metal ion system constituting a weak acid, whereby said metal-strong base-weak acid ion system forms a metal-micelle polymer asbestos by inducing formation of a metal-micelle polymer coating on said asbestos fibre, said polymer coating being ionically bonded to said asbestos fibre, and wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, aluminum and mixtures thereof.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for making metal-micelle polymer asbestos comprising the step of contacting asbestos fibres with a metal-strong base-weak acid ion system, wherein said system comprises an aqueous solution of a cation from a strong base and an anion from a metal ion system constituting a weak acid, whereby said metal-strong base-weak acid ion system forms a metal-micelle polymer asbestos by inducing formation of a metal-micelle polymer coating on said asbestos fibre, said polymer coating being ionically bonded to said asbestos fibre, and wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, aluminum and mixtures thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said contacting occurs under conditions whereby sufficient metal-micelle polymer is formed on said asbestos fibres to block the biologically reactive sites of said asbestos fibres.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 1 wherrein said metal is iron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said contacting occurs at a temperature within the range of about 20° C. to about 100° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said contacting occurs at a pH of from about 1 to about 8.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said contacting occurs at a pH of from about 3 to about 7.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said metal-micelle polymer asbestos contains from about 5% to about 18% by weight more metal than said asbestos fibres.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said metal-micelle polymer asbestos contains from about 5% to about 10% by weight more metal than said asbestos fibres.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
A metal-micelle polymer asbestos comprising the reaction product of asbestos fibres with a metal-strong base-weak acid ion system, wherein said system comprises an aqueous solution of a cation from a strong base and an anion from a metal ion system constituting a weak acid and wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, aluminum and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
64 words
A metal-micelle polymer asbestos comprising the reaction product of asbestos fibres with a metal-strong base-weak acid ion system, wherein said system comprises an aqueous solution of a cation from a strong base and an anion from a metal ion system constituting a weak acid and wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, aluminum and mixtures thereof.
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