Research Article

Adsorption of COD in Coking Wastewater on Nitric Acid-Modified Blue Coke Activated Carbon

Table 4

Content of oxygen functional groups on the surface of BACs.

SampleCarboxyl (mmol·g−1)Phenolic hydroxyl (mmol·g−1)Acidity (mmol·g−1)Basicity (mmol·g−1)

BAC-00.10520.05850.17840.5875
BAC-N10.60950.06760.69170.2001
BAC-N20.69450.06070.75710.1792
BAC-N30.70320.05400.85890.1413
BAC-N40.72430.06740.88420.0986