Effects of activation agents and intrinsic minerals on pore development in activated carbons derived from a Canadian peat

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 744-747

  Donald, Jaclyn ^a   Ohtsuka, Yasuo ^b   Xu, Chunbao Charles ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Canadian peat; Demineralization; H3PO4 activation; ZnCl2 activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION AGENT; ACTIVATION PROCESS; BET SURFACE AREA; CANADIAN PEAT; DEMINERALIZATION; H3PO4 ACTIVATION; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MESO-PORES; MICRO-POROUS STRUCTURE; PORE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; ZNCL2 ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; PEAT;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 78650473228     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.11.049     Document Type: Article

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