The CO
2 adsorption properties of an ethylenediamine-modified mesoporous silica, EDA-SBA-15, have been examined. Adsorption isotherms were collected by TGA measurements, and thebreakthrough time and adsorption capacity were measured using a fixed-bed flow system. TheEDA-SBA-15 sorbent adsorbs around 20 mg/g of CO
2 from 15% CO
2 in N
2 at 25
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C and 1 atmtotal pressure. In pure CO
2 at 1 atm, its adsorption capacity is 86 mg/g at 22
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C. The EDA-SBA-15 sorbent is fully regenerable by thermal swings during cyclic adsorption/desorption.Desorption of CO
2 occurs at 110
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C on EDA-SBA-15 and the sorbent is stable in air up to 200
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C. The CO
2 uptake by EDA-SBA-15 is not influenced by humidity. The adsorption capacitydata are compared with those of previously reported amine-modified silica sorbents.