An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent and a canister which can improve adsorption performance and purge performance. An adsorbent 10 to be packed in a canister includes: a cylindrical outer wall 10A, and a plurality of ribs 10B for partitioning along an axis of the outer wall 10A into a plurality of cells, wherein the thickness da of the outer wall 10A and the thickness dβ of the ribs 10B is less than 0.6 mm, the thickness of at least either of the outer wall 10A and the ribs 10B exceeds 0.4 mm, the outer diameter D of the outer wall 10A is 3.5 mm or more and 40 mm or less, a BWC exceeds 3.0 g/dL, and

purge efficiency((amount of butane adsorbed−amount of butane retained)/amount of butane adsorbed) is more than 0.86 or more.

Described herein is a base oil synthesis via ionic catalyst oligomerization further utilizing a hydrophobic process for removing an ionic catalyst from a reaction mixture with a silica gel composition, specifically a reaction mixture comprising an oligomerization reaction to produce PAO utilizing an ionic catalyst wherein the ionic catalyst is removed post reaction.

Methods for producing porous graphic carbon microspheres having improved separation properties over conventional porous graphitic carbons. The methods include dispersing a monovinyl aromatic monomer, a polyvinyl aromatic monomer, and an initiator in a solvent, contacting porous silica microspheres with the monomer dispersion for a time sufficient for the monomers to coat the porous silica microspheres, polymerizing the monomers to form copolymer coated microspheres, sulfonating the copolymer, pyrolyzing the sulfonated copolymer, digesting the carbon microspheres to dissolve the silica leaving porous carbon microspheres, pyrolyzing the porous carbon microspheres, and graphitizing the porous carbon microspheres to form porous graphitic carbon microspheres. Further provided are improved porous graphitic carbon microspheres and chromatography columns including the improved porous graphitic carbon microspheres described herein.

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. The hydrocarbon adsorptive coating compositions include particulate carbon having a BET surface area of at least about 1300 m.sup.2/g, and at least one of (i) a butane affinity of greater than 60% at 5% butane; (ii) a butane affinity of greater than 35% at 0.5% butane; (iii) a micropore volume greater than about 0.2 ml/g and a mesopore volume greater than about 0.5 ml/g.

The present invention is related to highly oxygenated nanoribbons and highly microporous carbon (mPC) produced by the oxidation of a series of carbon blacks in nitric acid followed by fast and slow pyrolysis, respectively. New porous carbons according to the invention does not need to be activated by strong alkaline activators, for example, KOH and NaOH. The best prepared mPC showed a high capacity for carbon dioxide capture of 1 to 3.9 mmol/g at pressures between 0.15 and 1 bar and 25° C.

This invention relates to metal organic framework (MOF) compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. The MOF compositions are characterized in that at least a portion of the linker molecule is an amino containing organic linker. The MOF also has a crystal size of greater than 1 μm and has been treated with an acid wash to provide a MOF in which at least 55% of the amino groups are activated amino groups of the form —NH.sub.2. The MOF compositions are useful in adsorbing various contaminants from various gas stream. One specific example is adsorbing NO.sub.2 from an air stream.

A hydrocarbon removal system according an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first area including a first hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst having a first pore size; and a second area including a second hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst having a second pore size, wherein the first pore size may be smaller than the second pore size, the first hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst may include CHA zeolite, and the second hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst may include ZSM-5 zeolite.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are sorbents for capturing heavy hydrocarbons via thermal swing adsorption processes.

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of sorption of H.sub.2O from an environment by associating the environment with a porous material such that the association results in the sorption of H.sub.2O to the porous material. The porous material includes a (M)-2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer, where M is a divalent metal ion selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mg, and combinations thereof. The coordination polymer has a one-dimensional pore structure and shows reversible soft-crystal behavior. The porous material may be a Mg(II) 2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer (i.e., Mg-CUK-1). The methods of the present disclosure may also include one or more steps of releasing the sorbed H.sub.2O from the porous material and reusing the porous material after the releasing step for sorption of additional H.sub.2O from the environment.

Calcium hydroxide-containing compositions can be manufactured by slaking quicklime, and subsequently drying and milling the slaked product. The resulting calcium hydroxide-containing composition can have a size, steepness, pore volume, and/or other features that render the compositions suitable for treatment of exhaust gases and/or removal of contaminants. In some embodiments, the calcium hydroxide-containing compositions can include a D.sub.10 from about 0.5 microns to about 4 microns, a D.sub.90 less than about 30 microns, and a ratio of D.sub.90 to D.sub.10 less than 20, wherein individual particles include a surface area greater than or equal to about 25 m.sup.2/g.