Preparation of activated carbon by microwave heating of langsat (Lansium domesticum) empty fruit bunch waste

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 522-525

  Foo, K Y ^a   Hameed, B H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Langsat; Methylene blue; Microwave

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ADSORPTION KINETICS; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; HIGH QUALITY; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; LANGSAT; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROWAVE POWER; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER EQUATIONS;

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; MICROWAVES; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; DYE; EQUILIBRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRUIT; HEATING; HYDROXIDE; ISOTHERM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH WASTE; FRUIT; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; LANSIUM DOMESTICUM; MELIACEAE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; ORGANIC WASTE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; FRUIT; HEATING; KINETICS; MELIACEAE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

LANSIUM DOMESTICUM;

EID: 84861685087     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.123     Document Type: Article

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