TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: The organic polymer is 20-55 wt.% relative to the weight of the finished and activated adsorbing material.Preferred Properties: The decomposition temperature of the organic polymer is 180-450degreesC, preferably 230-400degreesC and more preferably 250-380degreesC, provided that the organic polymer is subjected to heat treatment at the decomposition temperatures for at least 1 hour. The melting temperature of the organic polymer is 100-390degreesC, preferably 180-300degreesC and more preferably 220-270degreesC.Preferred Components: The organic polymer is thermoplastics consisting of polyamide, polyether sulfone, polyolefin, polyamide imide, and/or polyethylene terephthalate. The polyamide is polyamide 66, polyamide 66/6, and/or polyamide 46. The rheological additive is waxy components and/or oils. The waxy component is natural waxes, semi-synthetic waxes, synthetic waxes, modified, oxidized or microcrystalline forms of the mentioned waxes. It is a synthetic wax, preferably polyolefin wax, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-vinyl alcohol, polyolefin glycol, and/or amide wax.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The porous functional solid is an adsorbing agent from zeolites of the groups 1-7, compositions with structures iso-type, respectively, iso-morphous to the types of zeolites, silica gels, and/or silica-cogels. The zeolites of the groups 1-7 are members of the zeolite families A, X or Y.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred Properties: The shaped article has a water adsorption capacity as measured at 80% relative humidity and at 25degreesC of at least 18 wt.% (relative to the weight of the finished and activated shaped article). It has a compressive strength of 150 N/mm2 or higher as measured by tensile/compressive testing machine model 1455 from Zwick with a 20 kN gauge from Zwick and a piston displacement rate of 1 mm/minute. It has a honeycombed geometry. EXAMPLE - 4A-zeolite powder, SP 7-8968 (63.2 wt.%) was compounded with polyamide 66 (Ultramid A3SK) (26.3 wt.%) as polymer matrix with good water permeability and temperature stability, and wax mixtures consisting of polyolefins and polyethylene glycols (Licomont TP EK 583) (10.5 wt.%), as removable rheological additives. The compounding was executed in an extruder and the granulate achieved by extrusion was milled and formed to standardized test sheets. The test sheets were processed for 24 hours at 80degreesC in an ultrasonic bath with ethanol as extracting solvent. They were thermally treated for 4 hours at 220degreesC in a furnace. No further activation of the test sheets was carried out.