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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/108 ;
Abstract
A granular active carbon for natural-gas occlusion is disclosed which can occlude natural gas at a relatively low pressure and has a high natural-gas occlusion capacity. The granular active carbon for natural-gas occlusion has first and second pores for the occlusion of constituent gas molecules of natural gas. The first pores each has a diameter d,, satisfying 2d<d,≦2.5d, while the second pores each has a diameter d,satisfying 5d<d,≦6d, wherein d is the diameter of the constituent gas molecules.