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ArticleACS omega2020

Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Activated Carbon Modified by Zinc Chloride as a Packing Material for Column Separation of Saccharides.

Ziwei Liu, Xiaoshun Zhou, Fengshou Wu, Zhimei Liu

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ziwei LiuSchool of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Xiongchu Avenue, No.693, Wuhan 430205, China.
Xiaoshun ZhouConform Pharm Engineering Center, Humanwell Healthcare (group) Co. Ltd., Gaoxing Avenue, Biolake Park, Wuhan 430075, China.
Fengshou WuSchool of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Xiongchu Avenue, No.693, Wuhan 430205, China.
Zhimei LiuConform Pharm Engineering Center, Humanwell Healthcare (group) Co. Ltd., Gaoxing Avenue, Biolake Park, Wuhan 430075, China.
Humanwell Healthcare Group (China) · CNWuhan Institute of Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activated carbon, an amorphous carbon material with a high specific surface area and void fraction, is widely used as an economical adsorbent in many fields. In this work, a kind of new activated carbon composite for saccharide column separation was prepared by zinc chloride impregnating and microwave heating. The structural characterizations validate the increase in porosity and the specific surface area of the activated carbon as well as the change of the activated carbon crystallite lattice. The chemical characterizations validate the increase in the number of oxygen-containing functional groups and structural bonding of zinc with the activated carbon surface. Compared with the blank control, the surface Zn element improves the adsorption selectivity of the activated carbon to the target saccharides. Under the special mechanism of microwaves, the pores created by expansion from the inside to the outside facilitate the free flow of the mobile phase. The eight saccharides can be separated by the columns packed with the activated carbon impregnated with 40% and 70% zinc chloride.

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PMID32391498
PMCPMC7203912
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