Patent ID: 7737083

Claim:
High performance adsorbents based on activated carbon in the form of discrete grains of activated carbon, having a central tendency particle diameter, determined to ASTM D2862-97/04, in the range from 0.01 to 1.0 mm, the high performance adsorbents being characterized by the following parameters: a Gurvich total pore volume of at least 0.7 cm 3 /g, at least 70% of this total pore volume being formed by micropores having pore diameters of ≦20 Å, a measure of central tendency pore diameter of not more than 30 Å, a BET surface area of at least 1500 m 2 /g, an abrasion resistance of at least 95%, and a compression or bursting strength per activated carbon grain of at least 10 newtons.