Adsorption of the aurocyanide, complex on granular activated carbons derived from macadamia nut shells – A preliminary study

G.E.J. Poinern; G. Senanayake; N. Shah; X.N. Thi-Le; G.M. Parkinson; D. Fawcett

doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2011.09.011

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Adsorption of the aurocyanide, complex on granular activated carbons derived from macadamia nut shells – A preliminary study

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Adsorption of the aurocyanide, complex on granular activated carbons derived from macadamia nut shells – A preliminary study

G.E.J. Poinern, G. Senanayake, N. Shah, X.N. Thi-Le, G.M. Parkinson and D. Fawcett

Minerals Engineering, Vol.24(15), pp.1694-1702

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2011.09.011

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Abstract

In this study, waste macadamia nut shells were investigated for potential use as a hard organic precursor for the production of a granular activated carbon material. The processing of the macadamia shells commenced with the carbonised of the shells under a nitrogen atmosphere. This was followed by the physical activation of the shells under a carbon dioxide atmosphere, which was carried out at different temperatures to investigate the effect of the activation temperature on pore formation. The pore structure and gold loading capacity of the synthesised activated carbons were investigated. The porous nature and surface structure of the macadamia shell based activated carbon were examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) at various stages of manufacture. In addition, gold loading studies were carried out in conjunction with elemental mapping of the activated carbon surface to determine the gold adsorption sites. The studies have revealed that the macadamia shell based carbons, activated at higher temperatures have a gold loading capacity that is comparable to the commercially available coconut based activated carbons.

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Title: Adsorption of the aurocyanide, complex on granular activated carbons derived from macadamia nut shells – A preliminary study
Authors/Creators: G.E.J. Poinern (Author/Creator) - Applied Nanotech (United States)
G. Senanayake (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
N. Shah (Author/Creator) - Applied Nanotech (United States)
X.N. Thi-Le (Author/Creator) - Applied Nanotech (United States)
G.M. Parkinson (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
D. Fawcett (Author/Creator) - Applied Nanotech (United States)
Publication Details: Minerals Engineering, Vol.24(15), pp.1694-1702
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005542959107891
Copyright: © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Engineering and Energy
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 2 Chemistry; 2.90 Water Treatment; 2.90.27 Adsorption
Web Of Science research areas: Engineering, Chemical; Mineralogy; Mining & Mineral Processing
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