title: Adsorption characteristics of bisphenol A onto carbonaceous materials produced from wood chips as organic waste.
abstract: Many organic by-products have been discharged by humans, and the development of technology for recycling organic by-products has attracted much interest. In this paper, the techniques for producing carbonaceous adsorbents from an organic by-product and an application to remove endocrine disruptors are described. Wood chips as an organic by-product were carbonized at 873 to 1073 K. The iodine adsorption capacity of the obtained carbonaceous materials increased with increasing carbonization temperature. The amount of bisphenol A adsorbed on the carbonized materials produced from Sugi and Hinoki at a 1073 K carbonization temperature was higher than that of activated carbon. The Freundlich constant, 1/N, of the carbonaceous materials produced from Sugi chips, Sugi sawdust, and Hinoki sawdust was similar to that of the activated carbon. This result indicated that the affinity between bisphenol A and the carbonaceous materials or the activated carbon was similar. Their Freundlich constant, K, was greater than that of the activated carbon. Hence, bisphenol A could be efficiently removed by the carbonaceous materials.
authors.affiliation: School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Motoharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Naohito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Seiki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanada
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D002244:Carbon; D007455:Iodine; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010636:Phenols; C006780:bisphenol A; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds