Table 2.

Dynamic adsorption capacities of the benchmark MOFs for gaseous contaminants measured in grams of gas per gram of adsorbent

Gas	MOF-5	IRMOF-3	MOF-74	MOF-177	MOF-199	IRMOF-62	BPL carbon	Improvement factor*
Sulfur dioxide	0.001	0.006	0.194†	<0.001	0.032	<0.001	0.033	5.88
Ammonia	0.006	0.105†	0.093	0.042	0.087	0.023	0.001	105
Chlorine	‡	0.335†	‡	<0.001	0.036	0.092	0.190	1.76
Tetrahydrothiophene	0.001	0.007	0.090	<0.001	0.351†	0.084	0.123	2.85
Benzene	0.002	0.056	0.096	0.001	0.176†	0.109	0.155	1.14
Dichloromethane	<0.001	0.001	0.032	<0.001	0.055†	0.019	0.053	1.04
Ethylene oxide	0.001	0.002	0.110	<0.001	0.095†	0.011	0.010	9.50

*Expresses the ratio of dynamic adsorption capacity of the best-performing MOF (^†) to that of BPL carbon.

^†Best-performing MOFs.

^‡Experiments were not performed because of corrosion of the apparatus by chlorine.