ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,653, issued on May 19, was assigned to BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (China).
"Composite material and method for removing pollutant from polluted water" was invented by Xiaojin Yang (Beijing), Jingqi Zhang (Beijing), Tong Zheng (Beijing), Yang Tang (Beijing) and Pingyu Wan (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material, wherein the composite material contains aluminum alloys with at least one of alkaline-earth metals and transition metals, and are used for removing pollutants by dissolving to release divalent metal ions, trivalent aluminum ions and hydroxide ions, which contact with other divalent and trivale...