Does silica gel and sodium polyacrylate adsorb alcohols besides water?

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Please post this type of questions in HW section using the template.
Does silica gel adsorb alcohol? Does it adsorb isopropyl alcohol? or Ethyl alcohol? Does silica gel adsorb anything other than water?

Does sodium polyacrylate absorb alcohol? What type of alcohol, ethyl alcohol? Isopropyl alcohol? Does sodium polyacrylate absorb anything other than water?
 
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Try to find information about absorption mechanism, it should answer your question.
 
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