Patent ID: 7250387

Claim:
A non-aqueous, dry, solid state adsorbent composition for the capture and binding of elemental and oxidized mercury pollutants carried in a gas stream, said composition comprising: a binding agent comprising at least one binding compound having a component selected from the group consisting of an anion of a halide, an anion of a thiocyanate, an anion of a sulfide, an anion of a polysulfide, an anion of selenium, an oxyanion of selenium, an anion of tellurium, an oxyanion of tellurium, an anion of phosphorous, and an oxyanion of phosphorous; and a promoter compound having a component selected from the group consisting of a multivalent metallic cation and a multivalent metalloid cation, said promoter compound having a standard aqueous reduction potential Emf value at 25° C. less than −0.56 volts, wherein said composition is capable of chemical reaction with elemental and oxidized mercury to bind said elemental and oxidized mercury.