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Behaviour of activated carbons with different pore size distributions and surface oxygen groups for benzene and toluene adsorption at low concentrations

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In this article, the effect of porosity and surface chemistry on the adsorption of two VOCs (benzene and toluene) at low concentration (200 ppmv) was investigated.
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This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2005-07-01. It has received 499 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adsorption & Activated carbon.

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Adsorption of VOCs onto engineered carbon materials: A review

TL;DR: This review discusses recent research developments of VOC adsorption onto a variety of engineered carbonaceous adsorbents, including activated carbon, biochar, activated carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, graphene and its derivatives, carbon-silica composites, ordered mesoporous carbon, etc.
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Ultralight, flexible, and fire-resistant carbon nanofiber aerogels from bacterial cellulose.

TL;DR: A facile route to produce ultralight, flexible, and fire-resistant carbon nanofiber (CNF) aerogels in large scale from BC pellicles, and a highly conductive and stretchable conductor, fabricated from BC, shows great electromechanical stability under stretching and bending strain.
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Performance of activated carbon and bentonite for adsorption of amoxicillin from wastewater: mechanisms, isotherms and kinetics.

TL;DR: Adsorption, as an efficient process to remove contaminants from water was chosen; in particular with bentonite and activated carbon as adsorbents, with several possible mechanisms for these adsorption systems elaborated further.
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Abatement of various types of VOCs by adsorption/catalytic oxidation: A review

TL;DR: In this article, the development of efficient adsorbents and catalysts for VOCs with varied nature are discussed, and the perspectives on the potential future directions of the adsorptive removal and catalytic oxidation of VOC are given.
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Carbon Fiber Aerogel Made from Raw Cotton: A Novel, Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

TL;DR: TCF aerogel shows highly efficient sorption of organic liquids and could be regenerated many times without decrease of sorption capacity by distillation, combustion or squeezing, which depends on the type of pollutants.
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The Properties of Gases and Liquids

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate physical properties of pure components and Mixtures and show that the properties of these components and mixtures are similar to those of ideal gases and liquids.
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Some aspects of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other carbons

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other activated carbons is given, focusing on surface oxides with emphasis on the chemical methods used in the assessment and identification of surface functional groups.
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Surface oxides on carbon and their analysis: a critical assessment

TL;DR: The methods for the determination of various types of oxygen surface functions on carbon materials are briefly described, and their relative advantages and problems that may arise are discussed in this paper, where acidimetric titration techniques, IR spectroscopy, XPS, thermal desorption spectroscopic, and electrokinetic measurements are described.
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Adsorption of organic molecules from aqueous solutions on carbon materials

TL;DR: In this paper, the current knowledge about the fundamental factors that control the adsorption process from aqueous phase is presented, and the carbon surface chemistry has a great influence on both electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions.
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Preparation of activated carbons from spanish anthracite. II. Activation by NaOH

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of different preparation variables on the final porous texture is discussed, such as KOH/anthracite ratio, heating rate, carbonization temperature and carbonization time.
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