20090285870 | ANTIFUNGAL/ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT COMPRISING TWO-STEP BAKED SHELL POWDER - An antimold/antibacterial agent characterized by comprising a baked shell powder which is obtained by washing shells with water, drying, roughly crushing, baking the crushed matter in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a low temperature of 500 to 600° C. and then in the air atmosphere at a medium temperature of 600 to 900° C., and pulverizing the baked shells to preferably an average particle size of 40 μm or less. By the two-step baking treatment, an inorganic composite powder in which a small amount of calcium oxide is scattered in porous calcite-type calcium carbonate can be obtained, and thanks to its porosity and synergetic action between calcium carbonate and calcium oxide, the powder can exhibit excellent and long-lasting antimold/antibacterial effects. | 11-19-2009 |