Monolith adsorbent and method and apparatus for adsorbing samples with the same

An apparatus for adsorbing a sample comprising:

• a filter having a monolith structure body and a monolith adsorbent in a housing accommodating a liquid or gaseous sample, wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing an adsorbing material in a second monolith structure body, wherein the adsorbing material exposed on the second monolith structure body, and the second monolith structure body is surface treatable.

An apparatus for adsorbing a sample comprising:

• a monolith adsorbent disposed on a rotating stirrer, wherein the monolith adsorbent adsorbs a target component by rotating the stirrer, and wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing an adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, wherein the adsorbing material is exposable on the structure body, and the structure body is surface treatable.

An apparatus for adsorbing a sample comprising:

• a monolith adsorbent attached in a closely contactable container, wherein the monolith adsorbent adsorb and extracts a target component, and wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing a particulate adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, and wherein the monolith structure body has continuous and interconnected through-holes in the form of a three-dimensional network, and wherein the adsorbing material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, graphite carbon, carbon nanotube, fullerene, molecular sieve, zeolite, diatomaceous earth, divinylbenzene copolymers, molecular sieve carbon, activated alumina and magnesium silicate, wherein the adsorbing material is at least partially embedded in the monolith structure body and at least partially exposed on the surface of the monolith structure body in a random manner, and the particulate adsorbing material is fixed to the monolith structure body by the monolith structure body itself, and the monolith structure body is surface treatable.

A method for adsorbing a sample comprising the steps of:

• containing a monolith adsorbent in a container accommodating a liquid or gaseous sample;
• and impregnating the monolith adsorbent with the sample, wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing a particulate adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, and wherein the monolith structure body has continuous and interconnected through-holes in the form of a three-dimensional network, and wherein the adsorbing material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, graphite carbon, carbon nanotube, fullerene, molecular sieve, zeolite, diatomaceous earth, divinylbenzene copolymers, molecular sieve carbon, activated alumina and magnesium silicate, wherein the adsorbing material is at least partially embedded in the monolith structure body and at least partially exposed on the surface of the monolith structure body in a random manner, and the particulate adsorbing material is fixed to the monolith structure body by the monolith structure body itself, and the monolith structure body is surface treatable.

A method for adsorbing a sample comprising the steps of:

• containing a monolith adsorbent in a container accommodating a liquid or a gaseous sample;
• and stifling the sample and the monolith adsorbent to adsorb a target component in the sample wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing an adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, wherein the adsorbing material is exposable on the surface of the structure body, and the structure body is surface treatable.

A method for adsorbing a sample comprising the steps of:

• containing a monolith adsorbent in a container accommodating a gaseous sample;
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• performing passive sampling wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing an adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, wherein the adsorbing material is exposable on the surface of the structure body, and the structure body is surface treatable.

A method for adsorbing a sample comprising the steps of:

• inserting a tube accommodating a monolith adsorbent into a gas phase part of a vial;
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• blowing an inert gas into the sample from outside of the vial through a vial cap to transfer a target component in the sample to the gas phase part of the vial and to allow the monolith adsorbent to retain the target component in the sample wherein the monolith adsorbent is constructed by containing an adsorbing material in a monolith structure body, wherein the adsorbing material is exposable on the surface of the monolith structure body, and the monolith structure body is surface treatable.