Study of date palm stem as raw material in preparation of activated carbon

Journal of Engineering Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Houache, O ^a   Al Maamari, R ^b   Al Rashidi, B ^b   Jibril, B ^b  

^a Oman Polypropylene LLC   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; BET surface area; Chemical activation; Date palm stem; Porosity; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957775897     PISSN: 17266009     EISSN: 17266742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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