NOVELTY - An adsorbing material comprises at least one porous functional solid incorporated in a polymer matrix, and contains the porous functional solid at 45-80 wt.% relative to the weight of the finished and activated adsorbing material. The polymer matrix comprises at least one organic polymer and has a secondary pore volume in addition to the primary pore volume of the porous functional solid.    USE - The adsorbing material is used for a shaped article useful for drying, conditioning, purification and separation of gases, vapors and liquids, the loaded article being regenerated either by thermal treatment, by alternating pressure process, or by rinsing with water, any solvent, extraction with any solvent and drying. The shaped article is used in a non-regenerative operating procedure, in particular in the drying of the refrigerant in a closed circulation, or in the drying of packed products, including food, drugs, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and cosmetics, more specifically as desiccants and moisture scavengers in drug bottles and containers, and boxes and cartridges to store and spend diagnostics, placed in or attached to the bottles, containers, boxes and cartridges, or being integrated part of them. It is also used for desulfurization of gases, particularly propellants for spray cans, preferably butane, where the sulfur-containing compound is preferably adsorbed by the shaped article. It is used as a nitrogen adsorber in an air separation unit, particularly for generating oxygen-enriched respiratory air. It can be used in combination with a methanol reformer as hydrogen purifier useful for fuel cells. It adsorbs the byproducts from the methanol reforming process such as methane, water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, where the byproducts can be removed by applying pressure/vacuum swing adsorption, or less preferred by thermal treatment. The shaped article can be used in air conditioning units as an adsorber/desorber, where the adsorption and evaporation enthalpies are utilized for heating and cooling. It is also used in water-softening units operating by the principle of calcium-sodium ion exchange, where the ion exchange takes place, in particular, in the shaped article.    ADVANTAGE - The adsorbing material has enhanced water adsorption capacity. It has adsorption kinetics and compressive strengths comparable with materials produced from an inorganic binder. It can be regenerated after completed loading.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a method for preparing a shaped article comprising forming a compound comprising at least one porous functional solid, at least one organic polymer and at least one removable rheological additive; shaping the compound into a green body; at least partially removing the rheological additive from the green body; and optionally activating the green body at 90degreesC or more; and    (2) use of a removable rheological additive as a pore forming agent in the preparation of an adsorbing material.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows decomposition curves of the applied polyamide 66 (Ultramid A3SK) and wax (Licomont TP EK 583) in dependence of the temperature.