Competitive Adsorption of Cadmium(II) and Mercury(II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Activated Carbon from Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge Hull

Table 1

Pore structure parameters of XLAC and XL.

Sample	(m^2·g^−1)	(m^2·g^−1)	(m^2·g^−1)	(cm^3·g^−1)	(cm^3·g^−1)	(%)	(nm)
XLAC	688.62	477.87	210.43	0.377	0.252	66.8	2.20
XL	16.54	14.98	–	0.008	0.005	62.5	12.65

Number of analyses: three.
: specific surface area; : mesopore surface area; : micropore surface area; : total pore volume; : mesopore volume; : ratio of mesopore volume to total pore volume; : average pore size.