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Adsorbent for separating gases

US6171370A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1999
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S95/902
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An adsorbent for separating gases, which comprises a binder and a crystalline low-silica faujasite type zeolite with a SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of from 1.9 to 2.1, wherein the average pore diameter of the macropores is equal to or larger than the mean free path of an adsorbable component when desorbing the adsorbable component from the adsorbent, and at least 70% of the total volume of the macropores is occupied by macropores having a diameter equal to or larger than the mean free path of the adsorbable component.

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