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IN the tenth part of a series of “Studies in Peat”, J. Reilly and J. R. O'Donoghue (Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Son., 22 (N.S.), 367; 1941) report experiments on the preparation of activated charcoals from peat. Before preparing the charcoal, waxy constituents were removed.,Of various methods used, activation with superheated steam, and, to a lesser extent, by treatment with syrupy phosphoric acid before carbonization were found to be best for producing charcoals of performance approaching commercial standards. So far as is known, the peat residue is the first substance of Irish origin to be examined as a source of active charcoal.
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Activated Charcoals from Peat Residue. Nature 147, 708 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147708b0
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