Skip to main content
Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 3 Textural properties of the activated carbons

From: Preparation and characterisation of activated carbon from Vitisvinifera leaf litter and its adsorption performance for aqueous phenanthrene

Activated carbon

Surface area (m2/g)

Micropore area (m2/g)

Micropore volume (cm3/g)

Total pore volume (cm3/g)

Pore size (nm)

PAac

295.4881

174.1876

0.0720

0.185445

2.51036

PBac

171.8277

104.7176

0.0423

0.141699

3.29863

PCac

109.9583

82.1013

0.0323

0.060340

2.19501

ZAac

616.6038

462.5162

0.1843

0.289066

1.87521

ZBac

120.8772

68.9333

0.0280

0.122596

4.05688

ZCac

24.5399

17.5864

0.0069

0.021259

3.46522

  1. PAac: activated with H3PO4 at 5:2 biomass to H3PO4 ratio. PBac: activated with H3PO4 at 5:1 biomass to H3PO4 ratio. PCac: activated with H3PO4 at 10:1 biomass to H3PO4 ratio. ZAac: activated with ZnCl2 at 5:2 biomass to ZnCl2 ratio. ZBac: activated with ZnCl2 at 5:1 biomass to ZnCl2 ratio. ZCac: activated with ZnCl2 at 10:1 biomass to ZnCl2 ratio
Back to article page