Activated carbons prepared from industrial pre-treated cork: Sustainable adsorbents for pharmaceutical compounds removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 408-417

  Mestre, Ana S ^a   Pires, Ricardo A ^b   Aroso, Ivo ^b   Fernandes, Emanuel M ^b   Pinto, Moisés L ^c   Reis, Rui L ^b   Andrade, Marta A ^a   Pires, João ^a   Silva, Susana P ^d   Carvalho, Ana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical and steam activation; Industrial expanded corkboard; Kinetic and equilibrium adsorption studies; Pharmaceutical compounds removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; INDUSTRY; STEAM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ACETYL SALICYLIC ACID; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; INDUSTRIAL EXPANDED CORKBOARD; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; STEAM ACTIVATION; STEAM-ACTIVATED CARBONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84902097422     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.051     Document Type: Article

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