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Layers comprising a molecular sieve layer on a porous or non-porous
support, having uniform properties and allowing high flux are prepared
from colloidal solutions of zeolite or other molecular sieve precursors
(particle size less than 100 nm), by deposition, e.g., by spin or
dip-coating, or by in situ crystallization.
An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling
bleeding comprises a receptacle for retaining molecular sieve material
in particulate form therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises
a mesh structure and a rigid or semi-rigid support attached to the
mesh structure to facilitate the application of pressure to the
pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to a bleeding wound comprises
a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached to the mesh structure,
the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may be adhesively
attached to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion
of the receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having
openings therein, and at least a portion of the particulate molecular
sieve material is in direct contact with blood.
Octahedral molecular sieve sorbents and catalysts are disclosed,
including silver hollandite and cryptomelane. These materials can
be used, for example, to catalyze the oxidation of CO.sub.x (e.g.,
CO), NO.sub.x (e.g., NO), hydrocarbons (e.g., C.sub.3H.sub.6) and/or
sulfur-containing compounds. The disclosed materials also may be
used to catalyze other reactions, such as the reduction of NO.sub.2.
In some cases, the disclosed materials are capable of sorbing certain
products from the reactions they catalyze. Silver hollandite, in
particular, can be used to remove a substantial portion of certain
sulfur-containing compounds from a gas or liquid by catalysis and/or
sorption. The gas or liquid can be, for example, natural gas or
a liquid hydrocarbon.
A catalyst composition that comprises an over flocculated molecular
sieve and optionally, a phosphorous compound and, optionally, a
non-over flocculated molecular sieve. A method of preparing a catalyst
composition that comprises mixing an over flocculated molecular
sieve and optionally, a phosphorous compound and, optionally, a
non-over flocculated molecular sieve.
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