US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Oct. 28 for "Nanocomposite for the immobilization or degradation of pollutants" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,951, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Nanocomposite for the immobilization or degradation of pollutants" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particulate nanocomposite material comprising, as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD): elemental carbon (C); an orthorhombic magnesium iron borate (MgFe(BO3)O) crystalline phase; an orthorhombic calcium diborate (CaB2O4) crystalline phase; and, a monoclinic magnesium diborate (Mg2B2O5) crystalline phase. The nanocomposite is further characterized in that, ba...