Preparation of mesoporous activated carbon from novel African walnut shells (AWS) for deltamethrin removal: kinetics and equilibrium studies

Abstract Novel African walnut shell (AWS) was treated and improved as an agricultural waste by-product to produce high surface area activated carbon via chemical activation with potassium hydroxide (KOH) to achieve extremely effective adsorptive characteristics for deltamethrin removal. The adsorben...

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Published in:Applied Water Science
Main Authors: Oluwasuyi Ayobami Oba, Nur Pasaoglulari Aydinlik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01672-w