Activated carbon from coal tar pitch and furfural for the removal of p-nitrophenol and m-aminophenol

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-108

  Petrova, Bilyana ^a   Tsyntsarski, Boyko ^a   Budinova, Temenuzhka ^a   Petrov, Nartzislav ^a   Velasco, Leticia F ^b   Ania, Conchi O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Coal tar pitch; Furfural; M Aminophenol; P Nitrophenol

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AROMATIC POLLUTANTS; COAL TAR PITCH; ELECTRONIC DENSITY; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; M-AMINOPHENOL; NON-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; OXIDIZED CARBONS; P-NITROPHENOL; PH RANGE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; RETENTION MECHANISM; SOLUTION PH; SURFACE AREA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COAL; FURFURAL; COAL TAR;

COAL TAR; ADSORBENTS;

EID: 79960986081     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.075     Document Type: Article

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