Research Article
Pore Size Distribution Analysis of Coal-Based Activated Carbons: Investigating the Effects of Activating Agent and Chemical Ratio
Table 1
DS and Stoeckli model parameters for the prepared AC samples.
| Impregnation ratio | DS model parameters | Stoeckli model parameters | | | | | | | | (mmol·g−1) | (nm) | (nm) | (mmol·g−1) | (nm−3) | — | (KJnmmol−1) |
| KOH activated samples |
| 50 | 2.348 | 0.532 | 0.050 | 2.257 | 4.729 | 20.00 | 36.240 | 75 | 3.261 | 0.492 | 0.050 | 3.141 | 4.963 | 20.00 | 38.160 | 100 | 3.523 | 0.543 | 0.050 | 3.379 | 4.654 | 20.00 | 35.660 | 200 | 4.864 | 0.574 | 0.050 | 4.625 | 4.042 | 20.00 | 35.820 |
| ZnCl2 activated samples |
| 50 | 3.104 | 0.622 | 0.018 | 2.972 | 2.760 | 4.027 | 20.910 | 75 | 4.008 | 0.692 | 0.018 | 3.876 | 1.821 | 1.751 | 15.330 | 100 | 4.995 | 0.797 | 0.050 | 4.827 | 1.389 | 1.145 | 11.980 | 200 | 8.141 | 1.242 | 0.489 | 7.739 | 0.752 | 0.632 | 7.170 |
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