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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Tosoh Corporation, Yamaguchi, JP;
Toyohiro Usui, Yamaguchi, JP;
Keita Nakao, Yamaguchi, JP;
TOSOH CORPORATION, Yamaguchi, JP;
Abstract
A hydrocarbon adsorbent having a high hydrocarbon desorption start temperature and a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons that uses the hydrocarbon adsorbent are provided. The hydrocarbon adsorbent includes an alkali metal and a zeolite having a ring structure that includes at least 10 members is used. In the hydrocarbon adsorbent, a content of the alkali metal is 1 to 40 mass % based on a total mass of the hydrocarbon adsorbent, a content of the zeolite having a ring structure that includes at least 10 members is 99 to 60 mass % based on the total mass of the hydrocarbon adsorbent, and at least a portion of the alkali metal is in a state of being ion-exchangeable.