Preparation of carbonaceous adsorbents from lignocellulosic biomass and their use in removal of contaminants from aqueous solution

BioResources

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 6523-6555

  Chowdhury, Zaira Zaman ^a   Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd ^a   Das, Rasel ^a   Hasan, Md Rakibul ^a   Zain, Sharifuddin Mohd ^a   Khalid, Khalisanni ^a   Uddin, Md Nasir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biomass; Carbon; Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Lignin

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CELLULOSE; EFFLUENTS; LIGNIN; SOLUTIONS;

CARBON ADSORBENTS; HEMICELLULOSE; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PYROLYSIS PROCESS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS;

CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS;

EID: 84887163131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.8.4.6523-6555     Document Type: Article

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