Preparation of oil palm (Elaeis) empty fruit bunch activated carbon by microwave-assisted KOH activation for the adsorption of methylene blue

Desalination

Volumn 275, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 302-305

  Foo, K Y ^a   Hameed, B H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Methylene blue; Microwave; Oil palm empty fruit bunch

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; BET SURFACE AREA; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; INPUT POWER; IRRADIATION TIME; KOH ACTIVATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LOW-TEMPERATURE NITROGEN; MALAYSIA; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; OIL PALM; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TOTAL PORE VOLUME;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPLEXATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; GAS ADSORPTION; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NITROGEN;

MALAYSIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 79958041549     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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