title: Activated carbon modified with copper for adsorption of propanethiol.
abstract: Activated carbons were characterized texturally and chemically before and after treatment, using surface area determination in the BET model, Boehm titration, TPR, DRX and immersion calorimetry. The adsorption capacity and the kinetics of sulphur compound removal were determined by gas chromatography. It was established that the propanethiol retention capacity is dependent on the number of oxygenated groups generated on the activated carbon surface and that activated carbon modified with CuO at 0.25 M shows the highest retention of propanethiol. Additionally is proposed a mechanism of decomposition of propenothiol with carbon-copper system.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. jumoreno@uniandes.edu.co <jumoreno@uniandes.edu.co>
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moreno-Piraján
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tirano
authors.forename: Brisa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salamanca
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giraldo
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C030762:propanethiol; D002244:Carbon; D003300:Copper