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“STUDY OF ADSORPTION OF AMMONIA WITH HARDNESS BY ACTIVATED CARBON USING NESSLER REAGENT METHOD”

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Ankit Gawshinde*, Rashmi Singhai, Pradeep Dwivedi
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si4.1526

Abstract

Researchers examined the effects of various kinds and quantities of even more oxygen groups discovered on the surface of activated carbon based for resin on its ability to absorb ammonia. Experimentally employing NH3 breakthrough columns, nitric acid modifications of such original activated carbon, also recognized as at ambient temperature, the adsorption characteristics are vastly enhanced by the presence of oxygen-containing surface groups. Adsorption capability appears to be proportional to the number more acidic, lesser permanent oxygen surface groups present. Reliable results from studies conducted in humid circumstances demonstrate that the effect of moisture is particularly sensitive towards the surface properties of materials, such as carbon. The inclusion of water greatly improves the absorption action of substances with low oxygen functional concentrations. This is most likely because ammonia is preferentially adsorbed by water due to its ability to dissolve in water. On the other hand, samples that have a rich surface chemistry show only a minor effect from the presence of moisture. This is because there is a preferred adsorption pathway on the carbon surface that travels across Bronsted then Lewis acid centres. This is the reason why this occurs. Moreover, Bronsted acid sites directly communicate with NH4+ species, FT-IR measurements of depleted and oxidized samples also indicate the existence of NH3 individuals that also are directed with Lewis acid domain on the graphene layers, all the way down to the lone pair electron. These findings are supported by the fact that the graphene layers are acidic. The discovery that the layers of graphene contain lone pairs of electrons is the foundation for these findings

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