Production and characterization of water-steam activated carbons made from sugarcane bagasse and molasses pellets;Produção e caracterização de carvões ativados com vapor de água, originados de pellets de bagaço e melaço de cana-de-açúcar

Acta Scientiarum - Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-20

  de Sousa, José Carlos ^a   Pereira, Nehemias Curvelo ^a   de Carvalho e Silva, Maria Luiza Melchert ^a   Ferro, Rafael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BET; DA; DR; HK; Pore size distribution; Specific surface area

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755192111     PISSN: 18062563     EISSN: 18078664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v34i1.8999     Document Type: Article

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