A review: Production of activated carbon from agricultural byproducts via conventional and microwave heating

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1183-1190

  Alslaibi, Tamer M ^a   Abustan, Ismail ^a   Ahmad, Mohd Azmier ^a   Foul, Ahmad Abu ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Agricultural byproducts; Microwave and conventional heating; Surface area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS; CARBONIZATION TEMPERATURES; CHEMICAL METHOD; CONVENTIONAL HEATING; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; IMPREGNATION RATIOS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SURFACE AREA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CARBONIZATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

BYPRODUCTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HEATING; MICROWAVE COOKING; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879244986     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4028     Document Type: Review

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