Part of an interdisciplinary series for physical chemists, physicists, electrochemists, chemical engineers and materials scientists, detailing the chemical and physical properties of carbon. Discusses 'new' carbons such as synthetic diamonds and carbon-reinforced plastics.

Preface

iii

Contributors to Volume 27

vii

Contents of Other Volumes

xi

Carbon Materials in Environmental Applications

1

(66)

Frank Derbyshire

Marit Jagtoyen

Rodney Andrews

Apparao Rao

Ignacio Martin-Gullon

Eric A. Grulke

Introduction

2

(1)

Emerging Technologies

3

(7)

Gas Phase Applications

10

(24)

Water Treatment

34

(9)

Carbon Supports for Zero-Valent Metal Dehalogenation

43

(4)

Other Applications

47

(11)

Conclusions

58

(9)

References

59

(6)

Patent References

65

(2)

1H NMR Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Molecules and Free Surface Energy of Carbon Adsorbents

67

(58)

V. V. Turov

Roman Leboda

Introduction

68

(2)

The Concept of Chemical Shift and Its Dependence on Adsorption Interactions

70

(3)

Microtexture of Carbonaceous Materials

73

(6)

Graphite and Oxidized Graphite

79

(6)

Activated Carbons

85

(13)

Carbonized Silicas and Carbon Blacks

98

(19)

Conclusions

117

(8)

References

119

(6)

Electrochemical Studies of Phenomena at Active Carbon-Electrolyte Solution Interfaces

125

(102)

Stanislaw Biniak

Andrzej Swiatkowski

Maciej Pakula

Introduction

126

(2)

Properties of Active Carbons Important for Their Electrochemical Behavior

128

(12)

Physicochemical Properties of Active Carbons Used for Electrode Preparation

140

(14)

Voltammetry of Powdered Active Carbon Electrodes (PACE)

154

(28)

The Application of Cyclic Voltammetry for the Study of Interactions Between Heavy Metal Ions and an Active Carbon Surface

182

(33)

Conclusions

215

(12)

References

216

(11)

Carbon Materials as Adsorbents in Aqueous Solutions

227

(180)

Ljubisa R. Radovic

Carlos Moreno-Castilla

Jose Rivera-Utrilla

Introduction

228

(5)

Amphoteric Character of Carbons

233

(8)

Adsorption of Inorganic Solutes

241

(49)

Adsorption of Organic Solutes

290

(63)

Toward a Comprehensive Model

353

(8)

Role of Dispersion Interactions in the Adsorption of Aromatics: A Case Study in Citation Analysis

361

(15)

Summary and Conclusions

376

(31)

Appendix: Speciation Diagrams of Metallic Ions in Aqueous Solutions

378

(4)

References

382

(25)

Index

407

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