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sorbent [′sȯr·bənt] (materials) A material, compound, or system that can provide a sorption function, such as adsorption, absorption, or desorption. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| New line of sorbents include Universal, Oil and Hazardous materials sorbents, as well as spill kits, rapid response spill lockers, emergency wall signs, absorbent pillows, pans, covers, tubes and granular. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Colorado, has gone a step farther in capitalizing on that characteristic with a new class of amended silicate sorbents that remove even more arsenic from water, and do it more easily and more cheaply. In one application, the highly porous fibrous carrier has been used to entrap a variety of sorbents and biosupports that can be tailored to address a wide spectrum of chemical agents, pathogens and other contaminants. |
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