Development of coconut pith chars towards high elemental mercury adsorption performance - Effect of pyrolysis temperatures

Chemosphere

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-68

  Johari, Khairiraihanna ^a   Saman, Norasikin ^b   Song, Shiow Tien ^b   Cheu, Siew Chin ^b   Kong, Helen ^b   Mat, Hanapi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chars; Coconut pith; Elemental mercury; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); PYROLYSIS;

CHARS; COCONUT PITH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FREUNDLICH ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; CARBON; MERCURY; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT RESIDUE; PYROLYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ASH; COCONUT; COCONUT PITH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; MOISTURE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; KINETICS; PLANT STEM;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHARCOAL; COCOS; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MERCURY; PLANT STEMS;

EID: 84964939979     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.114     Document Type: Article

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