Preparation of activated carbons with large specific surface areas from biomass corncob and their adsorption equilibrium for methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and hydrogen

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9286-9294

  Sun, Yong ^a   Webley, Paul A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION ISOTHERM MODEL; BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; EQUATION OF STATE; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; GASPHASE; HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN; HIGH-PRESSURE CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION CAPACITY; ISOSTERIC ENTHALPY; LANGMUIR-FREUNDLICH EQUATIONS; PORE VOLUME; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID SURFACE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; GASES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; METHANE; NITROGEN; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 79960877510     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1024003     Document Type: Article

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