Ferrimagnetic ceramic adsorbents for cleanup of H2S from exhaust gases

In the present paper, the feasibility of the sorptive function of porous ceramic ferrimagnetic beads is ensured by sol-gel coating of zinc oxide without the formation of Zn-Fe-oxides and without considerable decrease of available pore volume. The results of material characterization by SEM, Auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray and mercury-porosity measurements and the loading capacity of a H2S/N2 model gas are presented and discussed. The resulting H2S loading of the functionalized adsorbent beads is more than 10 times larger than that of the starting material.