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# c12) United States Patent 

# Monzyk et al. 

# ( 54) FERRATE(VI)-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING FERRATE(VI) 

(75) Inventors: Bruce F. Monzyk, Delaware, OH (US); Michael J. Murphy, Dublin, OH (US); Chad Cucksey, Worthington, OH (US); F. Michael von Fahnestock, Columbus, OH (US); Andrew J. Savage, Dublin, OH (US); David N. Clark, Los Lunas, NM(US) 

(73) Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US) 

( *) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 625 days. 

(21) Appl. No.: 12/529,540 

(22) PCT Filed: Mar. 10, 2008 

(86) PCT No.: PCT /US2008/056446 § 371 (c)(l), (2), ( 4) Date: Mar. 5, 2010 

(87) PCT Pub. No.: WO2008/112657 

PCT Pub. Date: Sep. 18, 2008 

## (65) Prior Publication Data 

US 2011/0268672 Al Nov. 3, 2011 

(60) Provisional application No. 60/893,929, filed on Mar. 9, 2007, provisional application No. 60/946,134, filed on Jun. 25, 2007, provisional application No. 60/946,940, filed on Jun. 28, 2007. 

(51) Int. Cl. 

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(52) U.S. Cl. USPC ............... 424/52; 424/49; 424/646; 510/109; 510/191; 510/276 

( 58) Field of Classification Search None See application file for complete search history. 

## (56) References Cited 

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# (IO) Patent No.: US 8,663,607 B2 

# (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 4, 2014 

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## FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 

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Svanks, "Oxidation of Ammonia in Water by Ferrates (VI) and (IV)", Project Completion Report No. 444, Jun. 1976.* 

Audette, R.J., Quail, J.W.: "Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, and Barium Ferrates(VI). Preparations, Infrared Spectra, and Magnetic Susceptibilities". Inorganic Chemistry, [Online], vol. 11, No. 8, Aug. 1972, XP002569971 DOI: 10.1021/ic50114a034 [retrieved on Feb. 23,2010]. 

Bouzek, K., Lipovska, M., Schmidt, M., Rousar, I., Wragg, A.A.: "Electrochemical Production ofFerrate(VI) Using Sinusoidal Alter› nating Current Superimposed on Direct Current: Grey and White Cast Iron Electrodes". Electrochimica Acta, vol. 44 (1998) pp. 547- 557. 

Bouzek, K., Rousar, I.: "The StudyofElectrochemical Preparation of Ferrate(VI) Using Alternating Current Superimposed on the Direct Current Frequency Dependence of Current Yields". Electrochimica Acta, vol. 38, No. 13, 1993, pp. 1717-1720. 

Primary Examiner - James D Anderson 

Assistant Examiner - William Lee 

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm - Yimei C. Hammond; Kremblas & Foster 

## (57) ABSTRACT 

Compositions containing ferrate(VI) are disclosed. Also, methods are disclosed that utilize ferrate(VI). 

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