抄録
Adsorption of phenol and two organic dyes, Black 5 and Red 31, from aqueous solution on mesoporous activated carbon prepared from waste tire was carried out and, for comparison, an imported commercial activated carbon was also investigated. Phenol adsorption capacity of the prepared activated carbon was nearly equal to that of the commercial activated carbon because the micropore volumes of both carbons are almost the same. In contrast, the prepared activated carbon showed definitely higher adsorption capacities of both representative organic dyes because it had larger mesopore volume. It can be concluded that mesoporosity in the activated carbon prepared from waste tire makes it more suitable for removal of bulky molecular adsorbates from wastewater than the commercial activated carbon.
