Title

Granular Activated Carbons from Agricultural By-products: Preparation, Properties, and Application in Cane Sugar Refining (Bulletin #869)

Authors

Mohamed Ahmedna, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Wayne E. Marshall, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Ramu M. Rao, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Files

Description

The objectives of this investigation were to convert select Louisiana agricultural by-products to GAC and to characterize these carbons in terms of those physical (surface area, pore structure) and chemical (surface charge, functional groups) properties directly related to adsorption of raw sugar colorants.

Publication Date

1-2000

Publisher

LSU AgCenter

City

Baton Rouge

Recommended Citation

Ahmedna, Mohamed; Marshall, Wayne E.; and Rao, Ramu M., "Granular Activated Carbons from Agricultural By-products: Preparation, Properties, and Application in Cane Sugar Refining (Bulletin #869)" (2000). LSU AgCenter Bulletins. 39.
https://repository.lsu.edu/agcenter_bulletins/39