US Patent Issued on July 15 for "Method of refining and recovering barium sulfate from contaminated water sources" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,818, issued on July 15.

"Method of refining and recovering barium sulfate from contaminated water sources" was invented by Chad Daloia (Washington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for recovering barium sulfate from a contaminated water source comprising barium cation. The method involves combining the contaminated water source with a source of sulfate ion, thereby forming a modified contaminated water source. The method includes forming precipitated barium sulfate within the modified contaminated water source; isolating precipitated barium sulfate from the modified contaminated water source, thereby forming is...