The present invention relates to a method for purification of liquid compositions containing at least one sphingolipid and the use of a specific clay mineral for the purification of such liquid compositions.

A method of preparing a universal blood product comprising obtaining a blood product; contacting the blood product with (i) hydroxyapatite; (ii) a carbonaceous material comprising at least a mixture of a first carbon particle having macroporous size α and a second carbon particle having macroporous size β; and (iii) at least one support matrix chemically associated with an antigenic determinant.to form a cleansed product; and recovering the cleansed product.

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 filter media composition includes a ferrihydrite material having an average pore size (BJH) in a range from 1 to 3 nm and a surface area (BET) of at least 200 m.sup.2/g or at least 250 m.sup.2/g or at least 300 m.sup.2/g.

A composition is provided for removal of a target substance from a fluid stream. The composition may be used to remove polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) from water. The composition comprises a support material comprising an alumina; and a sorbent molecule that comprises a core polymer; wherein the core polymer is covalently linked to the support material; and wherein the sorbent molecule further comprises one or more covalently linked sorbent groups. Processes for removal of target substances such as PFAS are also provided.

An absorbent composition having a bismuth material on a support containing at least one of a metal oxide, a metalloid oxide or an activated carbon and methods of making and using the same. The adsorbent composition is usful for adsorbing arsine from a fluid stream.

A water filtration system is provided that comprises a combination of two components: silver nanoparticles immobilized on a porous carbon solid matrix and calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles immobilized on the porous carbon solid matrix are prepared in a one-step wet ball milling process that does not use an environmentally hazardous reducing agent or an organic stabilizer. The calcium carbonate in the calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles is preferably isolated from egg shells. The two filter components can be present in any ratio but an approximate 50:50 ratio is preferred. Also provided is an in situ method of preparing silver nanoparticles on active charcoal. Powdered activated charcoal and silver nitrate are mixed together in a mixture of ethanol and water to form a charcoal-silver nitrate solution which is then subjected to ball milling in the presence of polypropylene glycol to produce silver nanoparticles on active charcoal.

A method for separating mixed xylene includes steps that the mixed xylene is subjected to adsorption separation by means of an adsorbent having a metal organic framework material, so that one or more of xylene isomers are separated out. An organic ligand in the metal organic framework material is 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone. Xylene isomers can be effectively separated using this method.

A method of preparing a magnetic particle having a polymer matrix (P) and at least one magnetic core (M), preferably at least two magnetic cores (M), wherein the polymer matrix (P) comprises at least one hypercrosslinked polymer, wherein the method comprises (i) providing at least one magnetic core (M), preferably at least two magnetic cores (M), (ii) providing polymer precursor molecules, (iii) polymerizing the polymer precursor molecules according to (ii) in the presence of the at least one magnetic core (M), thereby forming a particle comprising the at least one magnetic core (M) is disclosed. Further, particles obtained or obtainable by this method as well as to the use of these particles are disclosed. In a further aspect, a method for determining at least one analyte in a fluid sample having the step of contacting of the magnetic particle with a fluid sample having or suspected of having the at least one analyte is disclosed.

The present invention relates to the adsorbent for separating organochloride compound from liquid hydrocarbon and a process thereof, wherein said adsorbent is the silica and aluminosilicate composite having infiltrate structure subjected to the modification of the surface property with small metal having high electronegativity.