The use of microwave radiation for obtaining activated carbons from sawdust and their potential application in removal of NO2 and H2S

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 269, Issue , 2015, Pages 352-358

  Kazmierczak Razna, Justyna ^a   Gralak Podemska, Barbara ^a   Nowicki, Piotr ^a   Pietrzak, Robert ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Microwave radiation; NO2 H2S removal; Sawdust

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; SAWDUST; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE;

ACID BASE CHARACTERS; ACTIVATION PROCEDURES; ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE NITROGEN; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; SORPTION PROPERTIES; SURFACE OXYGEN GROUPS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REMOVAL; SAW DUST;

EID: 84922985437     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.01.057     Document Type: Article

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