MUMBAI, India, April 4 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202424071844 A) filed by Dr. Vishwanath Karad Mit World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra, on Sept. 23, 2024, for 'a metal ion adsorbent for coper (ii) removal from red gram husk.'

Inventor(s) include Wadgaonkar Vinayak Ssouth; Khurpade Pratiksha; Tatpate Pallavi; Bhatkar Siraj; and Shenoy Vignesh.

The application for the patent was published on April 4, under issue no. 14/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention is related to a method for preparing a metal ion adsorbent for copper (II) removal from red gram husk. The process of removal is drying a red gram husk heating a red gram husk to a temperature of 100 C rinsing red gram husk in running water cleaning the red gram husk with distilled water drying the red gram husk for a predetermined period heating the dried red gram husk to a temperature of 100 C for a predetermined duration cooling the heated red gram husk in a desiccator grinding and crushing the cooled red gram husk and sieving the ground and crushed red gram husk to obtain a particle size between 0.15 and 0.25 millimeters. Mixing the metal ion adsorbent with a solution containing copper (II) ions and allowing the mixture to reach equilibrium for a."

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