- Title
- Activated carbon from lignocellulosic waste residues: effect of activating agent on porosity characteristics and use as adsorbents for organic species
- Creator
- Olorundare, O F, Okonkwo, J O, Msagati, T A M, Mamba, Bhekie B, Krause, Rui W M
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125233
- Identifier
- vital:35748
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-1876-2
- Description
- This paper reports on the effect of activating agents such as the impregnation ratio of phosphoric acid (1:1–1:5) at constant activation temperature on the performance of porous activated carbon from waste residues (maize tassel). The variation in the impregnation ratio of the produced activated carbon (AC) from 1:1 to 1:5 enabled the preparation of a high surface area (1,263 m2/g) and a large pore volume (1.592 cm3/g) of AC produced from maize tassel (MT) using a convectional chemical activating agent (phosphoric acid). Impregnation ratios (IR) of the precursors were varied between 1:1 and 1:5 in which it was found that the ratio of 1:4 was optimal based on the high surface area, while 1:5 has the optimal pore volume value for the produced activated carbon.
- Format
- 14 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Olorundare, O.F., Msagati, T.A.M., Krause, R.W.M., Okonkwo, J.O. and Mamba, B.B., 2014. Activated carbon from lignocellulosic waste residues: effect of activating agent on porosity characteristics and use as adsorbents for organic species. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 225(3), p.1876., Water, Air, & Soil Pollution number 225 number 3 1 14 2014 1573-2932
- Rights
- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
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