Research Article

Near-Stoichiometric Adsorption of Phosphate by Silica Gel Supported Nanosized Hematite

Table 1

Porosity data for initial and modified silica gels.

Sample ā€‰
m2/g
,
cm3/g
,
cm3/g
,
cm3/g
Micropore
fraction,
/ ,
%
,
nm
,ā€‰
nm

Initial4800.4030.3800.023 5.71.681.77
A4840.3930.3680.0256.361.621.66
B5360.4200.2290.19045.51.571.72

By BET.
2By BJH.