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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 48, Issue 16, Pages 7474-7481Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ie801848x
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- Junta de Extremadura-Consejeria de Economia, Comercio e Innovacion
- Almaraz Nuclear Plant [2PR04B016/PRI07A088, 169/06]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (Portugal)
- European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) [PTDC/CTM/66552/2006]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/CTM/66552/2006] Funding Source: FCT
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The influence of carbon dioxide and steam as activating agents on the porosity development of activated carbons produced from walnut shells was investigated. The study was made covering a wide range of burnoff (12-76%) and employing different temperatures and times: in carbon dioxide activation, 850 degrees C varying the activation time in the range 60-480 min, and in steam activation, 700, 850, and 900 degrees C (for 30-120 min). It was found that the gasifying agent has a profound influence on the activated carbon porosity development. First, steam is more reactive and produces, in general, activated carbons with greater N-2 adsorption capacity. Second, the increase in the fraction of mesopores with activation time is more pronounced for steam. While steam generates micro-, meso-, and macropores from the early stages of the process, carbon dioxide produces highly microporous carbons, with broadening of the microporosity only for long activation times.
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