US 7,497,952 B2
	Methods of preparing a surface-activated titanium oxide product and of using same in water treatment processes
Xiaoguang Meng, Highland Park, N.J. (US); Mazakhir Dadachov, Mahopac, N.Y. (US); George P. Korfiatis, Basking Ridge, N.J. (US); Christos Christodoulatos, Basking Ridge, N.J. (US); David J. Moll, Midland, Mich. (US); Geofrey Paul Onifer, Sanford, Mich. (US); Daniel B. Rice, Shepherd, Mich. (US); Robert E. Reim, Midland, Mich. (US); Fredrick W. Vance, Freeland, Mich. (US); Harlan Robert Goltz, Midland, Mich. (US); Chan Han, Midland, Mich. (US); and William I. Harris, Midland, Mich. (US)
Assigned to The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. (US)
Filed on Jul. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/176,586.
Application 11/176586 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/304550, filed on Nov. 26, 2002, granted, now 6,919,029.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/357051, filed on Feb. 14, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0091078 A1, May 04, 2006
Int. Cl. C02F 1/28 (2006.01); C01G 23/047 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 210—665  [210/681; 423/610]

18 Claims

1. A method for removing dissolved contaminants from a solution, comprising the step of contacting a surface-activated titanium oxide in the form of nano-crystalline anatase with a solution containing dissolved contaminants without irradiating the surface-activated titanium oxide.