The invention relates to strong hydrogen-bond acidic sorbents. The sorbents may be provided in a form that limits or eliminates intramolecular bonding of the hydrogen-bond acidic site between neighboring sorbent molecules, for example, by providing steric groups adjacent to the hydrogen-bond acidic site. The hydrogen bond site may be a phenolic structure based on a bisphenol architecture. The sorbents of the invention may be used in methods for trapping or detecting hazardous chemicals or explosives.

A preparation method of charcoal-based fertilizer is provided. Particularly, a special pig manure charcoal modified by amino grafting, a preparation method thereof, and its application in the reuse of nitrogen from farmland drainage are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: 1) drying raw pig manure to a moisture content of 80%-85% and carrying out pickling, drying, and crushing successively to obtain a dried pig manure powder; 2) conducting liquid nitrogen pretreatment and high-temperature charcoalization to obtain an expanded pig manure charcoal; 3) performing carboxylation treatment to obtain a carboxylated pig manure charcoal; 4) amino grafting: adding an ammonia liquor to the carboxylated pig manure charcoal obtained in step 3), stirring for 20-24 h in an oil bath at 200-240° C.; washing and filtering; and drying and grinding to obtain the special pig manure charcoal modified by amino grafting.

The present invention relates an alkanolamine/amine-grafted metal-organic framework-based carbon dioxide adsorbent and, more specifically, to an alkanolamine/amine-grafted metal-organic framework-based carbon dioxide adsorbent that can effectively reduce renewable energy generated in the process of adsorption and desorption of carbon dioxide, and maintain structural stability against moisture present in exhaust gas, thereby being capable of effectively capturing carbon dioxide in an actual fluidized bed. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a carbon dioxide adsorbent capable of maintaining structural stability against changes in adsorption/desorption temperatures and moisture.

A simplified method of making an adsorbent layer can permit design and analysis of sorption systems having improved performance can include generation of one dimensional channels.

In accordance with one aspect of the presently disclosed inventive concepts, a porous ceramic structure includes a three-dimensional printed structure having predefined features, where the three-dimensional structure has a geometric shape. The average length of the features may be at least 10 microns. The three-dimensional structure includes a ceramic material having an open cell structure with a plurality of pores, where the pores form continuous channels through the ceramic material from one side of the ceramic material to an opposite side of the ceramic material.

The present invention provides novel chromatographic materials, e.g., for chromatographic separations, processes for their preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic materials. The preparation of the inorganic/organic hybrid materials of the invention wherein a surrounding material is condensed on a superficially porous hybrid core material will allow for families of different hybrid packing materials to be prepared from a single core hybrid material. Differences in hydrophobicity, ion-exchange capacity, chemical stability, surface charge or silanol activity of the surrounding material may be used for unique chromatographic separations of small molecules, carbohydrates, antibodies, whole proteins, peptides, and/or DNA.

A preparation method of a lanthanum-iron-loaded carbon nanotube film for environmental restoration is provided, it belongs to the technical field of composite materials. The preparation method includes: mixing carbon nanotubes with a lanthanum-iron mixed solution to obtain a suspension, then obtaining a first reaction solution by a constant temperature oscillation reaction; adding alkali liquor into the first reaction solution to obtain a second reaction solution by an oscillation reaction; carrying out a solid-liquid separation on the second reaction solution, adding the obtained solid after drying into an organic solution, and obtaining a third reaction solution by ultrasonic mixing; centrifuging the third reaction solution to obtain a supernatant; obtaining a lanthanum-iron-loaded carbon nanotube film by suction filtration. Compared with powdered adsorbent and single adsorbent, the material prepared by the preparation method has advantages of strong stability, high adsorption efficiency, good regeneration effect, high recycling efficiency, and low production.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a high cohesive energy adsorbent for fluoride removal, which includes the following steps: S1. adding NaHF.sub.2—NiF.Math.6H.sub.2O additive to SiCO ceramic powder, and sintering at a temperature of 310-330° C. for 18-22h to obtain a sintered substance; S2. grinding the sintered substance to obtain particles with a size of 2-3 mm, and mixing the particles with polyacrylonitrile to form a composite polymer; and S3. molding the composite polymer by a vacuum baking process at a temperature of 75-85° C., then performing ball milling and sieving to obtain the high cohesive energy adsorbent for fluoride removal. The high cohesive energy adsorbent for fluoride removal may be used in the adsorption and separation of the C.sub.2F.sub.6—CHF.sub.3—CClF.sub.3 mixture system, and the contents of CHF.sub.3 and CClF.sub.3 are lowered to less than 10ppmv.

The present invention includes a composition, method of making and method of using a composite for the removal of waste from a wastewater or a waste stream wherein the composite comprises of graphene oxide and magnesium oxide nanoparticles at a ratio of 10:1 to 1:10 weight to weight.

A capture mass for heavy metals, in particular mercury, contained in a gaseous or liquid feed, said mass comprising: copper which is present at least in part in the sulphide form, Cu.sub.xS.sub.y, a porous support based on alumina; characterized in that said porous support has a total pore volume (TPV) in the range 0.8 to 1.5 cm.sup.3/g, a mesopore volume (V.sub.6 nm-100 nm) in the range 0.5 to 1.3 cm.sup.3/g, and a macropore volume (V.sub.100 nm) in the range 0.33 to 0.45 cm.sup.3/g, it being understood that the ratio between the mesopore volume and the macropore volume (V.sub.6 nm-100 nm/V.sub.100 nm) is in the range 1 to 5.