An aspect of the present invention relates to composite aggregate particles, which include a fine particle compound (a1) containing at least either an amorphous titanosilicate compound or an aluminosilicate compound, and a plastic powder (a2). The plastic powder (a2) is attached to at least a part of the surface of the fine particle compound (a1). The pore volume and the average particle size D50 of the composite aggregate particles satisfy the following formula: pore volume (ml/g)≥0.0010×D50 (μm)+1.60.

A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the organ or region, collecting blood laded with chemotherapeutic agent from the isolated organ, filtering the blood laden with chemotherapeutic agent to reduce the chemotherapeutic agent in the blood and returning the blood to the subject.

A process for deodorizing a rosin ester composition is disclosed. The process employs an adsorptive bed containing an adsorbent material. The adsorbent material comprises silica adsorbent having an average pore size between 50-200 Å, BET surface area of at least 300 m.sup.2/g, pore volume of 1.20 to 3.00 cc/g, and a silanol [Si—OH] level of 0.5 to 5 unit/nm.sup.2. The deodorized rosin ester composition has an odor intensity reduction of at least 1 unit on odor intensity scale of Offensive Odor Control Act as compared to the rosin ester feedstock. In embodiment, the deodorizing treatment comprises using multi-staged adsorbent system with an adsorbent column having multiple layers of different adsorbent materials.

An object is to provide an adsorbing material using activated carbon fiber, suitable for motor vehicle canisters, and enabling reduction in pressure loss. Another object is to provide a formed adsorber using activated carbon fiber, with improved mechanical strength, and having excellent effects of an adsorbing material for canisters. The formed adsorber for canisters satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3). (1) The formed adsorber includes: an adsorbing material including activated carbon fiber; and a binder. (2) A ratio of a content of the binder to a content of the adsorbing material including the activated carbon fiber is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight of the binder to 100 parts by weight of the adsorbing material including the activated carbon fiber. (3) The activated carbon fiber has a fiber size of 13.0 μm or larger.

An object is to provide a new form of formed adsorbers suitable for high performance canisters.

A formed adsorber for a canister is to satisfy the following conditions.

The formed adsorber satisfies a condition where P.sub.0.2/100 expressed by Equation 1:

P.sub.0.2/100=X÷Y×100  (Equation 1)

is 120% or less.

In Equation 1 above, X represents an amount of n-butane gas adsorbed per 100 parts by weight of the adsorbing material at 25° C. under an atmosphere where a gas pressure of n-butane gas is 0.2 kPa, and Y represents an amount of n-butane gas adsorbed per 100 parts by weight of the adsorbing material at 25° C. under an atmosphere where a gas pressure of n-butane gas is 100 kPa.

The present invention concerns methods of treating systemic, regional, or local inflammation from a patient suffering or at risk of inflammation comprising administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a sorbent that sorbs an inflammatory mediator in said patient. In some preferred embodiments, the sorbent is a biocompatible organic polymer.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W).sub.a(Q).sub.b(T).sub.c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05≤(b/c)≤100, and a≥0.

Siloxane compounds are removed from the atmospheres by silica supporting an organic sulfonic acid compound. The silica with the organic sulfonic acid compound has a specific surface area down to 500 m.sup.2/g and up to 750 m.sup.2/g and a pore volume down to 0.8 m.sup.3/g and up to 1.2 m.sup.3/g, both measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method and has a pore diameter down to 4 nm and up to 8 nm, at the peak of differential pore volume measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method. The durability of gas sensing element against siloxanes is improved.

Methods of preparing organosilica materials using a starting material mixture comprising at least one compound of Formula [(RO).sub.2SiCH.sub.2].sub.3 (Ia) and at least one compound of Formula [R′ROSiCH.sub.2].sub.3 (Ib), wherein each R′ independently represents an RO—, an R group, or an (RO).sub.3Si—CH.sub.2— group, at least one R′ being (RO).sub.3Si—CH.sub.2—; and R represents a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl group, in the absence of a structure directing agent and/or porogen are provided herein. Processes of using the organosilica materials, e.g., for gas separation, etc., are also provided herein.

The present invention is directed to a device and a method for performing size exclusion chromatography. Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for size exclusion chromatography at normal high performance liquid chromatography or ultra performance liquid chromatography pressures and above using small particles.