Production of activated carbon by H3PO4 activation treatment of corncob and its performance in removing nitrobenzene from water

Environmental Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-85

  Sun, Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Jin Ping ^a,b   Yang, Gang ^a,b   Li, Zuo Hu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Corncobs; Fluidized bed; Nitrobenzene; Precarbonization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBONIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FURNACES; IMPREGNATION; WATER;

CORNCOBS; MICROPOROUS CARBON; PRECARBONIZATION; SURFACE AREA; TUBULAR FURNACES;

NITROBENZENE;

EID: 34248173444     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10181     Document Type: Article

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