Since the capacity of an adsorbent is expressed in terms of the surface area or the amount adsorbed per weight unit, high-density adsorbents are required. The dried leftover lignocellulose of …
The aim of our investigation was to compare several technologies for obtaining granular activated carbon from wood of a fast growing deciduous tree species, grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench). …
Activated carbon can be prepared from a variety of raw materials. The most frequently used precursors for activated carbons are wood and its residues, nut shells, fruit stones and agriculture …
Birch in the Northern hemisphere is a very widespread tree genus, which is extensively used in the furniture, pulp and plywood manufacture where, as a by-product, it accumulates birch bark …
Outer birch bark (OBB) contains an unusually high amount of extractives (35–40%), from which up to 71% is composed of a lupane type pentacyclic triterpene – betulin in the mixture …
