Alkali-treated Carbonized Rice Husk for the Removal of Aqueous Cr(VI)

Rice husk was chemically modified for the preparation of activated carbon. Rice husk was treated with nitric acid and carbonized at 700 C. After carbonization, the resulting rice husk char was treated with NaOH at room temperature. The 5 M NaOH-treated rice husk had the highest surface area (750 m2...

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Main Authors: Bhaskar Devu Mukri, Killi Krushnamurty, Arif Chowdhury, Duvvuri Suryakala, Challapalli Subrahmanyam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2016-09-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_4_9175_Mukri_Alkali_Carbonized_Rice_Husk_CrVI