Surface modification of coconut shell based activated carbon for the improvement of hydrophobic VOC removal - Li, Lin; Liu, Suqin; Liu, Junxin (Journal of hazardous materials, 2011)
Keywords: acidity; Activated carbon; Adsorption; Adsorption ability; alkalis; ammonia; Applied sciences; Carbon; Carbon - chemistry; Chemical engineering; Coconut shells; coconuts; Cocos - chemistry; Exact sciences and technology; Functional groups; Granular activated carbon; hydrophilicity; Hydrophobic volatile organic compounds; hydrophobicity; infrared spectroscopy; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; nitric acid; Organic compounds; oxygen; phosphoric acid; Pollution; scanning electron microscopy; Shells; sodium hydroxide; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; steam; streams; sulfuric acid; surface area; Surface characteristics; Surface chemistry; Surface Properties; titration; Volatile organic compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - isolation & purification; xylene; Granular activated carbon; Adsorption ability; Surface characteristics; Coconut shells; Hydrophobic volatile organic compounds; Scanning electron microscopy; Purification; Adsorption capacity; Hydrophobic compound; Acidity; Volatile organic compound; Water vapor; Nitric acid; Uptake; Ammonia; Adsorption; Activated carbon; Xylene; Aromatic compound; Hydrophilic compound; Surface area; Organic compounds