Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Activated Carbon (AC) is commonly produced by gasification, but there has been increasing interest in chemical activation due to its lower activation temperatures and higher yields. Phosphoric acid, in particular, succeeds in both these areas. Phosphoric acid activated carbon (PAC) can be environmentally sustainable, and economically favourable, when the phosphoric acid used in the… more Full Text: Phosphoric Acid Chemically Activated Waste Wood: Production, Modification and Selenite and Selenate Adsorption A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science in the …