Activated carbons from acrylic textile waste

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Nahil, Mohamad Anas ^a   Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Fuels; Pyrolysis; Textile waste

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUELING; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROPOROSITY; NITROGEN; PORE SIZE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEAM; TEXTILES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROPORE VOLUMES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC-BED REACTORS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78049277136     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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