An oxygen scavenger composition contains a mixed granule of a composition containing a water retention agent, a swelling agent, a metal halide, water, an iron and an alkaline substance, wherein the alkaline substance contains at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxides of alkali metals, hydroxides of alkaline earth metals and salts composed of a weak acid and a strong base.

An adsorbent and a granulated substance for which reduction in adsorption performance in low humidity environments is suppressed are provided. The adsorbent includes: a porous body mainly composed of silicon dioxide, including a plurality of fine pores, and having a specific surface area of not less than 1 m.sup.2/g and not more than 10 m.sup.2/g; one of an acid and a base with which inside of the fine pores of the porous body is impregnated to neutralize a target gas to generate a salt; and a hydrophilic fiber held in the porous body.

A sorbent product, including from about 1 wt % to about 99 wt %, based on the total weight of the sorbent product, of at least one base sorbent material; and from about 1 wt % to about 99 wt %, based on the total weight of the sorbent product, of at least one binder. The sorbent product may further include at least from about 0 wt % to about 99% wt %, based on the total weight of the sorbent product, of at least one additional additive. Methods for making same and methods and systems for controlling multiple pollutants are also included.

A red mud-based sewage treatment agent and a preparation method thereof, a red mud-based ceramsite concrete and a preparation method thereof, and applications, the agent including the following components: 80-90% of a solid waste complex after acidification treatment, 2-15% of an alkali activator, 0-1.0% of a water reducer, 0.5-2.0% of an ultrafine additive, and 1.0-5.0% of a treatment agent. The solid waste complex includes: at least one of red mud powder, blast furnace slag powder, fly ash, coal gangue powder and iron tailings powder. First, the red mud is modified to prepare an intermediate product, namely the red mud-based sewage treatment agent, which is used for absorption of pollutants in sewage and then used as a raw material again to prepare a final product, namely the red mud-based ceramsite concrete. Progressive comprehensive utilization of the red mud is realized, and adsorbed pollution factors can be sealed in the final product.

The present disclosure provides a purification material for a rare earth metal or rare earth alloy and a preparation method thereof and a purification method for a rare earth metal or rare earth alloy. The purification material includes the following raw materials in mass percentage: 30% to 45% of a tungsten powder, 30% to 50% of a rare earth oxide, 5% to 10% of zirconia, 10% to 15% of a binder, and 1% to 5% of a rare earth hydride.

The subject invention pertains to proteins are purified by a mixed-mode chromatography system formed by attaching a ligand with cation exchange and hydrophobic 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl group functionalities to a large-pore support matrix, the only linkage between the ligand and the support matrix being a chain having a backbone of one, two, three, four, or five atoms between the hydrophobic group and the support matrix.

The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.

An adsorption apparatus and associated method for capturing an target gaseous adsorbate from an atmospheric air based gaseous feed stream. The adsorption apparatus comprises: a housing enclosing at least one adsorption element for adsorbing the target gaseous adsorbate, the at least one adsorption element comprising at least one substrate coated with an adsorptive composite coating that comprises at least 50 wt % metal organic framework and at least one binder, the housing having an inlet through which the gaseous feed stream can flow to the adsorption element and an outlet through which gas can flow out from the housing; and a desorption arrangement in contact with and/or surrounding the at least one adsorption element, the desorption arrangement being selectively operable between (i) a deactivated state, and (ii) an activated state in which the arrangement is configured to heat, apply a reduced pressure or a combination thereof to the adsorptive composite coating to desorb at least a portion of the adsorbed target gaseous adsorbate from the adsorptive composite coating.

An adsorbent bed, including at least one elementary composite structure that includes adsorbent particles in a polymer matrix, wherein the adsorbent bed has a bed packing, ρ.sub.bed, defined as a volume occupied by the at least one elementary composite structure V.sub.ecs divided by a volume of the adsorbent bed V.sub.bed where ρ.sub.bed is greater than 0.60.

The present disclosure relates to hydrocarbon emission control systems. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to substrates coated with hydrocarbon adsorptive coating compositions and evaporative emission control systems for controlling evaporative emissions of hydrocarbons from motor vehicle engines and fuel systems.