99 -- Novel Family of Zeolites for Selective Heavy Metal and/or Radioactive Cation Removal

Sandia is soliciting expressions of interest from potential partners to further develop and/or commercialize the technologies shown below. Partnerships are anticipated to take the form of Cooperative Research & Development Agreements (CRADA) and/or commercial licenses. CRADAs are expected to include funds-in to the Labs and licensed rights may be up to exclusive in a field-of-use, depending on the business case. Sandia is seeking partners that have proven experience in translating immature technologies into market-driven products, have technical capabilities in the technical area(s) shown below, are fiscally sound and well managed, and can commit to manufacturing the products in the U.S. Novel Family of Zeolites for Selective Heavy Metal and/or Radioactive Cation Removal The new class of molecular sieves named Sandia Octahedral Molecular Sieves (SOMS) has been synthesized, characterized and tested for the removal of aqueous divalent cations, in particular dissolved heavy metals (i.e., Co2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) and radioactive cations (i.e., Sr2+, Ba2+). These materials were originally developed for remediation of waste materials in storage tanks, but can also be easily applied to the mining and chemical industries. They have been shown to have very high selectivity for cations of choice and maintain high selectivity over the entire pH range. Recently, Sandia has applied for a patent for a synthetic procedure for the synthesis of these materials that utilizes oxide based reactants, resulting in an inexpensive and easily-scaleable synthetic procedure that is expected to have broad industry applications. Patents have been awarded and additional patents are pending for this technology. Interested parties may contact Teresa Montoya, Administration, Fax: 505-844-8011, E-mail: [email protected]. Be sure to indicate the technology in which you are interested.