Abstract
Hydrochloric acid leaching of two activated carbons is shown to remove the majority of the iron incorporated in them. The subsequent adsorption behaviour of carbons from wood and coconut char starting materials differed, allowing inferences on the nature and distribution of the active sites.
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J.D. Cashion, A.C. McGrath, P.B. Volz and J.S. Hall, Inst. Mining Metall., accepted for publication.
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McGrath, A.C., Volz, P.B. & Cashion, J.D. Mössbauer study of the iron removal and activation of carbon. Hyperfine Interact 42, 1203–1206 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395607
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