Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preferably continuous treatment and/or purifying of water encumbered by contaminants, in particular organic contaminants, preferably micropollutants and/or trace substances, in particular untreated water, preferably for purposes of producing and/or obtaining treated and/or purified water, in particular pure water, preferably drinking water and/or service water. The invention further relates to a water treatment system for carrying out said method and to applications thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective material (1), in particular a textile protective material, having a protection function against fragments, stabbing, cutting, firearms and/or shocks, preferably for the protection and/or covering of articles (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment and/or purification of water, in particular wastewater or drinking water, preferably for the adsorptive removal of inorganically or organically-based, impurities, such as trace substances and/or micropollutants, wherein, in a counterflow filter device, e.g. a counterflow adsorption filter column, the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified firstly, and, secondly, an, in particular particulate, adsorption material are conducted in a counterflow direction. In particular, a procedure is followed in such a manner that the water to be treated and/or purified is passed through a bed of the adsorption material present in the counterflow filter device for the adsorptive removal of impurities and the bed is exchanged and regenerated by preferably continuous removal and supply of the adsorption material in counterflow to the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified.

Abstract: The invention relates to a textile protective material, in particular providing protection against radioactive harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against biological harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against chemical harmful and/or toxic substances, preferably a textile adsorption filter material, and to a method for the production thereof. The textile protective material is suitable in particular for producing protective equipment and protective objects and filters and filter materials of all types.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet filter material, in particular having an aerosol filter function and/or a particle filter function, preferably having a protective function against chemical, biological and/or chemical harmful and toxic substances, and to a method for the production thereof. The sheet filter material is particularly suitable for producing protective equipment, protective objects, sports and leisure clothing and filters and filter materials of all types.

Abstract: The invention relates to a functional footwear unit, in particular in the form of knit-of-parts, which has preferably a particularly modular protective function against chemical and/or biological toxic and/or harmful substances, especially warfare agents. The invention also relates to the uses thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic and/or reactive unit, preferably in the form of a protective material with catalytic and/or reactive properties, particularly with the function of protecting from chemical and/or biological harmful and/or poisonous substances, preferably in the form of a textile protective filter material, as well as a method for producing same. The catalytic and/or reactive unit is particularly suitable for producing protective equipments and/or protective objects, and filter and filter materials of all types.

Abstract: The invention concerns high-performance adsorbents based on activated carbon of high meso- and macroporosity which are present in the form of discrete grains of activated carbon, wherein: at least 55% of the total pore volume of the high-performance adsorbents are formed by pores (i.e. meso- and macropores) having pore diameters of more than 20 ?, the high-performance adsorbents have a measure of central tendency pore diameter of more than 25 ?, and the high-performance adsorbents have a BET surface area of at least 1250 m2/g. These high-performance adsorbents are obtainable by a novel process comprising specific two-stage activation, and have, in addition to the aforementioned properties, an excellent abrasion and bursting resistance, so that they are useful for a multiplicity of different applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective clothing unit, in particular a textile protective clothing unit, preferably a protective clothing unit having protection against splinters and/or fragments and/or having a ballistic protective function. The invention further relates to a use of said protective clothing unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wound dressing which is particularly suited for therapeutically dressing wounds. Said wound dressing comprises at least one air permeable layer having a porous and/or foam-based structure, particularly in the form of a solid foam (“foam layer”), and at least one sorbent in the form of activated carbon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a functional protective material, in particular having a protective function with respect to chemical poisons and/or biological toxins and/or chemical and/or biological hazardous materials, such as warfare agents, wherein the functional protective material has a multi-layer structure that comprises a planar, in particular textile, substrate material and a membrane that is associated with the substrate material, in particular connected to the substrate material, wherein the membrane in itself is permeable to air and water vapor and therefore is provided with a plurality of micropores preferably distributed substantially evenly over the membrane surface. According to the invention, an operating parameter of the membrane can be changed in such a way that the membrane assumes two different operating states, wherein in the first operating state the micropores of the membrane are open and in the second operating state, the micropores of the membrane are at least predominantly closed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of activated carbon, in particular particulate activated carbon, having an increased mesopore and/or macropore volume fraction preferably having an increased mesopore volume fraction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective material, preferably a ballistic protection material, having a protective function against ballistic active bodies (launch bodies), in particular against reinforcement-penetrating and/or armor-piercing projectiles, thrust bodies or penetrating bodies, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile web material having improved mechanical strength, in particular having resistance to piercing and/or shooting, having a protective function against chemical and/or biological toxins, in particular weapon agents. The textile web material according to the invention comprises a multilayer construction, wherein the layer construction comprises at least one layer resistant to piercing and/or shooting, and at least one adsorption layer based on discrete adsorption particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a recovery system for obtaining/recovering metallic iron and/or iron compounds, in particular iron chloride, from ores and/or ore tailings, especially from pyrite tailings, preferably from roasted pyrites produced during sulphuric acid manufacture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a recovery system for obtaining raw materials from ores and/or ore tailings, in particular a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from ores and/or ore tailings, especially a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from pyrite tailings, preferably from roasted pyrites produced during sulphuric acid manufacture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment and/or purification of water, in particular wastewater or drinking water, preferably for the adsorptive removal of inorganically or organically-based, impurities, such as trace substances and/or micropollutants, wherein, in a counterflow filter device, e.g. a counterflow adsorption filter column, the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified firstly, and, secondly, an, in particular particulate, adsorption material are conducted in a counterflow direction. In particular, a procedure is followed in such a manner that the water to be treated and/or purified is passed through a bed of the adsorption material present in the counterflow filter device for the adsorptive removal of impurities and the bed is exchanged and regenerated by preferably continuous removal and supply of the adsorption material in counterflow to the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment and/or purification of water, in particular wastewater or drinking water, preferably for the adsorptive removal of inorganically or organically-based, impurities, such as trace substances and/or micropollutants, wherein, in a counterflow filter device, e.g. a counterflow adsorption filter column, the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified firstly, and, secondly, an, in particular particulate, adsorption material are conducted in a counterflow direction. In particular, a procedure is followed in such a manner that the water to be treated and/or purified is passed through a bed of the adsorption material present in the counterflow filter device for the adsorptive removal of impurities and the bed is exchanged and regenerated by preferably continuous removal and supply of the adsorption material in counterflow to the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified.

Abstract: The invention relates to a textile protective material, in particular providing protection against radioactive harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against biological harmful and/or toxic substances and/or against chemical harmful and/or toxic substances, preferably a textile adsorption filter material, and to a method for the production thereof. The textile protective material is suitable in particular for producing protective equipment and protective objects and filters and filter materials of all types.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective material (1), in particular a textile protective material, having a protection function against fragments, stabbing, cutting, firearms and/or shocks, preferably for the protection and/or covering of articles (2).