Agricultural waste biomass converted to activated carbon as a material for gold processing

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-402

  Buah, William K ^a   Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Coconut; Gold processing; Porosity; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS;

COCONUT; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; GOLD PROCESSING; MICROPORE VOLUMES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; STEAM ACTIVATION; SURFACE AREA; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867847673     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-012-0083-8     Document Type: Article

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