	US 12,006,419 B2
	Moisture-capturing, -storing, and/or -releasing composition
Joachim Schoelkopf, Oberkulm (CH); and Tomasz Ozyhar, Uitkon (CH)
Assigned to Omya International AG, Oftringen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/272,046
Filed by OMYA INTERNATIONAL AG, Oftringen (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074116 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/053213, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18193549 (EP), filed on Sep. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347965 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. C08K 9/02 (2006.01); C08K 3/26 (2006.01); C08L 97/02 (2006.01); C09C 1/02 (2006.01); C09K 21/02 (2006.01)

CPC C08K 9/02 (2013.01) [C08K 3/26 (2013.01); C08L 97/02 (2013.01); C09C 1/022 (2013.01); C09K 21/02 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01); C01P 2006/14 (2013.01); C08K 2003/265 (2013.01); C08K 2201/005 (2013.01); C08K 2201/006 (2013.01); C08L 2201/02 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A composition comprising:

a first component being an inorganic mineral or mineral-like material having a porous structure, and

a second component being a hygroscopic compound;

wherein the inorganic mineral or mineral-like material is a calcium carbonate- and/or a magnesium carbonate-containing material;

wherein the calcium carbonate-containing material is a surface-reacted calcium carbonate; and

wherein the first component and the second component do not contain a silica- and/or silicate-containing material.