Disclosed are a preparation method of a carbon dioxide capture agent and an application thereof. The method includes: mixing a graphite dispersion, an organic acid solution, a metal salt solution and a silica sol to obtain an organic-inorganic composite gel; standing and aging the organic-inorganic composite gel, drying the same and then carbonizing the same by microwave in a mixed atmosphere of inert gas and sulfur dioxide to obtain an intermediate product; and subjecting the intermediate product to acid washing or alkali washing to obtain a defective carrier, then mixing the defective carrier with an amine substance for ultrasonic treatment and drying to obtain the carbon dioxide capture agent.

A composition of matter is described characterized by its qualities to adsorb scents present in gas, liquid and solid matter phases, while simultaneously serving as a carrier for an active ingredient or combination of active ingredients. The composition may also include an additive. The active ingredients are simultaneously and/or independently released gradually by the carrier, or a combination of carriers.

An adsorption composition that includes a treatment agent including a material having an oxidized surface functionality and a carrier fluid are described. A method of preparing an adsorption composition including processing a material derived from at least one component of a date tree to provide a processed date tree material, treating the processed date tree material with a first treatment to produce a treated date tree material, reacting the treated date tree material with one or more oxidizing agents to form a treatment agent, and suspending the treatment agent in a carrier fluid is also described. Further, a method of adsorbing one or more compounds from a water-based fluid including introducing an adsorption composition to a water-based fluid containing one or more organic compounds contacting the adsorption composition with the one or more organic compounds and adsorbing the one or more organic compounds on the treatment agent is also described.

A silicon-based solid amine sorbent for CO.sub.2 and the making method thereof including: providing a silicon source liquid which is a silicate solution or a liquid organosilicate, wherein the silicate solution comprises water and a first silicate dissolved in the water; mixing the silicon source liquid with a precipitant to perform a precipitation reaction to obtain a product liquid containing a precipitate, wherein the precipitate is a second silicate or silicic acid; filtering out the precipitate and washing the precipitate with water; mixing the precipitate filtrated out but not dried yet with an organic alcohol and then performing an azeotropic distillation to obtain a dehydrated precipitate; calcining the dehydrated precipitate to obtain a silicon-based support, wherein the silicon-based support is a powder of the second silicate powder or a silica powder; and impregnating the silicon-based support with an organic amine solution and then drying to obtain the silicon-based amine-containing solid sorbent for CO.sub.2.

Guanidine-functionalized particles and methods of making and using such particles.

A composition, method and device for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent instrumental analyses, such as GC, GC-MS, LC and LC-MS analysis, using a solid phase extraction (SPE) process is described. Through SPE process alone or an integrated combination of protein precipitation, filtration, and SPE using a hydrophobic zirconia-coated chromatographic media, interfering compounds, such as proteins, glycerides and phosphate-containing compounds, are eliminated from the biological, food, environmental and biotechnology samples, affording an enhanced analyte response during the instrumental analysis.

A composition that absorbs oxygen and emits carbon dioxide in response to absorbing oxygen including ascorbic acid, an organic acid, a catalyst that promotes oxidation of the organic acid and emission of carbon dioxide and a soluble transition metal salt characterized by multiple oxidation states.

The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of pitch in an aqueous medium generated in a papermaking or pulping process, comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous medium comprising pitch generated in a papermaking or pulping process; b) providing a ground calcium carbonate and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate; c) providing a hydrophobising agent selected from an aliphatic carboxylic acid having between 5 and 24 carbon atoms; d) contacting the ground calcium carbonate and/or the precipitated calcium carbonate of step b) with the hydrophobising agent of step c) for obtaining a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobised precipitated calcium carbonate; and e) contacting the aqueous medium provided in step a) with the hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or the hydrophobised precipitated calcium carbonate obtained in step d), to the use of a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate for reducing the amount of pitch in an aqueous medium as well as to a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and a composite of hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and pitch.

Disclosed are magnetic nanoparticles and methods of using magnetic nanoparticles for selectively removing biologics, small molecules, analytes, ions, or other molecules of interest from liquids.

The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of pitch in an aqueous medium generated in a papermaking or pulping process, comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous medium comprising pitch generated in a papermaking or pulping process; b) providing a ground calcium carbonate and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate; c) providing a hydrophobizing agent selected from an aliphatic carboxylic acid having between 5 and 24 carbon atoms; d) contacting the ground calcium carbonate and/or the precipitated calcium carbonate of step b) with the hydrophobizing agent of step c) for obtaining a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized precipitated calcium carbonate; and e) contacting the aqueous medium provided in step a) with the hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or the hydrophobized precipitated calcium carbonate obtained in step d), to the use of a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate for reducing the amount of pitch in an aqueous medium as well as to a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and a composite of hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and pitch.