A study of characteristics of activated carbon produced from Jordanian olive cake

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-36

  Aljundi, Isam H ^a   Jarrah, Nabeel ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Cadmium; Olive cake; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CADMIUM; METAL IONS; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION CAPACITY; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; NITROGEN GAS; OLIVE CAKE;

BYPRODUCTS;

EID: 36849076137     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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