US Patent Issued to RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH on Feb. 18 for "Zeolite film composite body, method for producing same, and fluid separation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,741, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH (Kyoto, Japan).

"Zeolite film composite body, method for producing same, and fluid separation method" was invented by Bo Liu (Kyoto, Japan) and Katsunori Yogo (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zeolite membrane composite including a porous support and a zeolite membrane formed on a surface of the porous support. The zeolite membrane has an LTA-type crystal structure. The first atomic ratio: Si/Al of silicon element (Si) to aluminum element (Al) in the zeolite membrane is 1.29 or greater and 1.60 or less."

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