Provides a comprehensive summary of the environmental applications of activated carbons. This volume discusses the theoretical bases of adsorption phenomena to understand the removal of contaminants and pollutants on activated carbons. It also addresses the effects of pore structure and surface chemistry from science and engineering perspectives.

It addresses fundamental carbon science and how it relates to applications of carbon surfaces; describes the broad spectrum of activated carbon applications in environmental remediation; and serves as a handbook or reference book for graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field.

Chapter 1. Types of carbon adsorbents and their production.
Chapter 2. Pore formation and control in carbon materials.
Chapter 3. Characterization of nanoporous carbons by using gas adsorption Isotherms.
Chapter 4. Surface chemistry of activated carbons and its characterization.
Chapter 5. Desulfurization on activated carbons.

Chapter 6. Applications of nanotextured carbons for supercapacitors and hydrogen.

Chapter 7. Activated carbon adsorption in drinking water treatment.
Chapter 8. Adsorption of organic compounds onto activated carbon
applications in water and air treatments.
Chapter 9. Activated carbon filters and their industrial applications.
Chapter 10. Adsorption of chemical warfare agents.
Chapter 11. Activated carbons as medical adsorbents.