Mixtures of adsorber materials

1. Process for producing highly reactive reagents for purifying water or gas which is polluted by organic, inorganic or biological pollutants or constituents, comprising providing mixtures of various adsorber media, whose adsorption properties supplement one another in the mixtures characterized in that the mixtures of various adsorber mixture comprises as a main component a member selected from the group consisting of:

(a) finely divided iron oxide and/or iron oxyhydroxide, the finely divided iron oxide and/or iron oxyhydroxide having a BET surface area of 50 to 500 m 2 /g, and optionally agglomerates thereof comprising iron oxide pigments having particle sizes above sizes of the finely divided iron oxide and/or iron oxyhydrooxide and BET surface areas below the surface area of the iron oxide and/or iron oxyhydroxide, wherein the adsorber mixture content is sufficient to provide effective strength of packing with respect to forces of flowing medium acting on it to be high enough that loading of the packing by flowing medium does not lead to an unwanted abrasion of packing materials;

(b) manganese oxide and/or titanium oxides or (oxy)hydroxides, Fe(OH) 3 , or their aging products and dehydrogenated secondary products;

(c) lime, iron exchanger, catalysts, and

(d) copper compounds and/or zinc compounds and/or silver compounds whereby the main component is admixed with an aqueous suspension of iron oxide and/or iron oxyhydroxide, wherein the suspension, optionally after predrying, is subjected in the semisolid state to a mechanical shaping and subsequent drying, to achieve a solid state.

2. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the adsorber media are ground and used as powder.

3. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the adsorber media are used as granules.

4. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the adsorber media are pressed to form a single block.

5. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the adsorber media are processed to form granules.

6. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the mixtures are additionally admixed with additives.

7. Process according to claim 6 , characterized in that the additives used are clay flour, fired clay, bentonites, thixotropic bentonites, gas concrete dust, perlites, expanded clay, sandy limestone flour, trass flour, limestone flour, trass lime, bleaching earth, cement, calcium aluminate, sodium aluminate, calcium sulphide, organic sulphides, calcium sulphite, calcium sulphate, water, carbonaceous sorbents, water glass, setting accelerators or setting retardants.

8. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the mixtures are embedded in a container through which flow can pass.

9. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the mixtures are embedded in a filter container made of plastic, natural material, ceramic or metal.

10. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the mixtures are embedded in a cartridge.

11. Process for purifying or treating waters comprising treating the same with the adsorber mixture according to claim 1 .

12. Process for gas purification comprising treating the gas with the adsorber mixture comprising various adsorber media, whose adsorption properties supplement one another in the mixture according to claim 1 .

13. A process for removing heavy metals and phosphorous compounds, antimony compounds, beryllium compounds, selenium compounds, tellurium compounds and cyano compounds and organic molecules from water comprising treating the water with the adsorber mixture according to claim 1 .

14. A process for removing arsenic compounds from water comprising treating the water with the adsorber mixtures according to claim 1 .