US Patent Issued to Tersus Environmental on Sept. 23 for "Metal powder mixture as heat source for treating environmental medium" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,135, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Tersus Environmental LLC (Wake Forest, N.C.).

"Metal powder mixture as heat source for treating environmental medium" was invented by Gary M. Birk (Wake Forest, N.C.), David F. Alden (Wake Forest, N.C.) and John Sankey (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating an environmental medium having organic contaminants is disclosed. A mixture is added to the environmental medium. The environmental medium is heated to activate the mixture and to evaporate the organic contaminants within the environmental medium to generate contaminated vapors. The mixture acts as an addit...