The acetoxime number test was recently identified by the American Society for Testing and Materials as a method to characterize activated carbon. This adsorption isotherm gives information about the number of high energy adsorption sites on the surface of an activated carbon. A similar test uses tetrafluoromethane for the same purpose. In contrast, the more common iodine number and Brunauer, Emmet and Teller (BET) surface area parameters are a measure of the total number of adsorption sites. 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB) is reported to require high energy sites for removal, so it was hypothesized that data from acetoxime and tetrafluoromethane isotherm tests for different activated carbons would be better correlated to MIB removal than iodine numbers or BET surface areas. MIB breakthrough was monitored in rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCTs) using four natural waters and five activated carbons. Results showed no correlation between acetoxime or tetrafluoromethane isotherms and MIB breakthrough.
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July 01 2012
Assessment of alternate characterization tests for prediction of taste and odour control by granular activated carbon Available to Purchase
Kyla Smith;
Kyla Smith
1University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
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Xiaodan Zhang;
Xiaodan Zhang
2Genivar, 60 Harbour Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 1B7, Canada
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Ron Hofmann
1University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
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Water Supply (2012) 12 (4): 531–539.
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Received:
November 10 2011
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March 20 2012
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Kyla Smith, Xiaodan Zhang, Ron Hofmann; Assessment of alternate characterization tests for prediction of taste and odour control by granular activated carbon. Water Supply 1 July 2012; 12 (4): 531–539. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2012.026
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