Patent ID: 6355583
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B01J,Y10T

Abstract:
A sorbent material comprising:a porous substrate selected from the group consisting of nonwoven webs, open cell foams, woven materials and knit materials; said substrate having a surface which has a wetting chemistry applied thereto; wherein the wetting chemistry comprises (i) a glycoside and/or a glycoside derivative and ii) a fatty acid ester ethoxylate; and (iii) an alcohol ethoxylate selected from the group consisting of alkyl alcohol ethoxylates, aryl alcohol ethoxylates, and halogenated analogs thereof and said sorbent material has a surface resistivity of less than 1Ã—1014 ohms and an absorption rate of less than 10 seconds for paraffin oil, water, 75% sulfuric acid and 30% sodium hydroxide.