Preparation of High Surface Area Mesoporous Activated Carbon: Kinetics and Equilibrium Isotherm

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 886-895

  Lim, W C ^a   Srinivasakannan, C ^b   Doshi, V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

activated carbon; adsorption kinetics; methylene blue; phosphoric acid; pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ACTIVATION TIME; ADSORPTION ISOTHERM MODEL; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTION TEMPERATURE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION CAPACITY; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; HIGH SURFACE AREA MESOPOROUS; IMPREGNATION RATIOS; KINETIC MODELS; LANGMUIR MODELS; MESOPORE; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; PALM SHELL; PORE DIAMETERS; POROUS NATURE; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; SELF-GENERATED ATMOSPHERES; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; IMPREGNATION; KINETICS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PORE SIZE;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 84860128431     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.627078     Document Type: Article

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