Table 3 The chemical makeup of the various capture adsorbents (Bonnard et al., 2005)25.
From: Analysis of the CO2 adsorption on AC: experimentation and statistical studies
Adsorbents | SiO2 | Al2O3 | CaO | Fe2O3 | Na2O | K2O | MgO | CaCO3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC | 45.23 | 15.45 | 10.22 | 11.95 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
El Hicha Clay | 49.22 | 13.75 | 9.34 | 6.08 | 1.16 | 0.56 | 2.22 | - |
Carbon Molecular Sieve | 38.54 | 26.42 | 0.636 | 1.74 | 14.8 | 0.07 | 0.083 | - |
Source: Activated Carbon (AC); El Hicha Clay; Molecular Sieve | ||||||||