Regulation of pore size distribution in coal-based activated carbon

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/ New Carbon Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Gong, Guo Zhuo ^a,b   Xie, Qiang ^c   Zheng, Yan Feng ^c   Ye, Shu Feng ^a   Chen, Yun Fa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid washing; Coal based activated carbon; KOH; Pore size distribution; SEM EDAX

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COAL; GAS ADSORPTION; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASHING;

ACID WASHING; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; CARBONISATION; COAL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON; KOH; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SEM-EDAX; STEAM ACTIVATION; X-RAY ENERGIES;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 67650536228     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5805(08)60043-8     Document Type: Article

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