Textural and chemical properties of activated carbon prepared from tropical peat soil by chemical activation method

BioResources

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 986-1007

  Khadiran, Tumirah ^a,b   Hussein, Mohd Zobir ^a   Zainal, Zulkarnain ^a   Rusli, Rafeadah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical activation method; Phosphoric acid; Surface chemistry; Thermal energy storage; Tropical peat soil; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS ADSORPTION; HEAT STORAGE; ISOTHERMS; PEAT; PHOSPHORIC ACID; REACTOR CORES; SOILS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL ENERGY; TROPICS; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; MICROCRYSTALS;

ACTIVATING AGENTS; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; MICROCRYSTALLINITY; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; TROPICAL PEAT SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; PEAT; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

EID: 84923668857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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