Abstract: A novel process for the purification of industrial effluents, wherein the effluents are brought into contact with cationically modified, cellulose-containing materials, the cationic constituent of which is bonded to the cellulose part via the grouping of the general formula--O--CH.sub.2 --N<in which the nitrogen belongs to an amide group of the cationic constituent and the oxygen is bonded to the cellulose part, and the cationically modified, cellulose-containing materials possessing such a constituent, are disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 1978
Date of Patent:
December 11, 1979
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Jaroslav Haase, Peter Liechti, Hans Wegmuller, Rudolf F. Wurster, Quentin Bowes