One-step method for obtaining bifunctional charcoal and study of its properties

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Chemical Series, Volume 55, Issue 4, p. 472-482

Abstract

Single-stage process of obtaining active carbon by thermal processing of plant raw materials (mixture of different types of wood sawdust) impregnated with the mixture of phosphoric acid, urea and nitric acid salts has been developed. Active influence of impregnates on the process of carbonization and formation of carbon residue has been demonstrated. It is established that carbon residue obtained in the interval of heating 20–700 °С possesses high sorption activity to the vapors of organic compounds and has ion-exchange capacity. It has been shown that the value of carbon residue depending on the impregnate used in the wood increases by 3,1 times at 600 °С and by 4,2 times – at 700 °С as compared to the yield of non-treated initial raw materials.