Comparing 3 Commercial Mercury Adsorbents for Liquid Hydrocarbon treatment

MERSORB® LH mercury adsorbent (MS/AC)
metal sulfide impregnated into activated carbon
1,000 m2/g internal surface area 0.56 g/cm3 settled bulk density
Surface Area per unit of volume = (0.56 g/cm3)(1,000 m2/g)= 560 m2/cm3

IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED ALUMINA mercury adsorbent (MO/AA)
CuO/CuS impregnated into activated alumina
250 m2/g internal surface area 0.9 g/cm3 settled bulk density
Surface Area per unit volume = (0.9 g/cm3)(250 m2/g)= 225 m2/cm3

METAL OXIDE mercury adsorbent (MO)
agglomerated metal oxide with small amount of alumina/other binder
40 m2/g internal surface area 1.0 g/cm3 settled bulk density
Surface Area per unit volume = (1.0 g/cm3)(40 m2/g) = 40 m2/cm3

OBSERVATIONS
MERSORB® LH mercury adsorbent has
         14 X the internal surface area per unit volume as Metal Oxide
           2.5 X the internal surface area per unit volume as (MO/AA)

RECOMMENDATION
When you are trying to remove parts per billion of mercury from a liquid, you need all the adsorbent surface area that you can get into your vessel.
Use MERSORB® LH mercury adsorbent, it has the power to do the job.